Report on Important Cultural Properties (structures) Designation Submitted

On October 21, the Council for Cultural Affairs (Commissioner: NISHIHARA Suzuko) submitted a report on six buildings to be designated as Important Cultural Properties to NAKAGAWA Masaharu, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The list includes the Old Sasebo Wireless Transmission Facility (Hario Transmitting Station) (Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture), used by the Imperial Japanese Navy as a communication facility during the Pacific War. In addition to the list, two districts, one of which was the Kaga Higashitani area in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, were suggested to be the Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings. Meanwhile, the Council also recommended the partial withdrawal of the designation for the portion of the grounds of Rokasensuisō (Ōtsu City), where a residence had been constructed, which had been designated as an Important Cultural Property in 1994. (Japanese)