Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Movement for World Heritage registration
A non-profit organization, “The Way to World Heritage Gunkanjima” (represented by Doutoku Sakamoto), is proposing the designation of the Gunkanjima island as a UNESCO World Heritage site in conjunction with other “Modern Industrial Heritage Sites in Kyushu and Yamaguchi”. (This was broadcasted by TV Asahi on May 23, 2008)
The representatives of 6 prefectures and 11 cities, including Yuichiro Ito, Governor of Kagoshima Prefecture, and Genjiro Kaneko, Governor of Nagasaki Prefecture, jointly submitted to the Agency for Cultural Affairs a proposal for addition of “the Modern Industrial Heritage Sites in Kyushu and Yamaguchi” to the Japan’s tentative candidate list for World Heritage nomination.