Sakubei Yamamoto Collection Designated as UNESCO Memory of the World

On May 25, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova announced that the approval of the registration of 697 items comprising annotated paintings and diaries of the Chikuhō coal mines by YAMAMOTO Sakubei as a UNESCO Memory of the World. Nominated by the local city of Tagawa City in Fukuoka Prefecture and Fukuoka Prefectural University, this marks the first such registration in Japan. (Japanese)