Japan's 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites: New Additions Highlight Prehistory and Biodiversity

https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01075/

According to the Shikoku Henro for World Heritage website, the following properties are further along in the nomination pipeline (Category 1A) and are likely to appear on the Tentative List soon:

- The Cultural Landscape of the Mogami River
- The Eighty-eight of Shikoku Temples and Pilgrimage Route
- Amanohashidate
- Aso
- Kintai Bridge and the Town of Iwakuni

Source: https://88sekaiisan.org/en/world/

The first four are strong candidates. Perhaps even stronger than the Sado Complex of Heritage Mines and Hikone-jo nominations. These two nominations would certainly benefit from an expansion of the properties: The Cultural and Natural Landscape of Sado Island, and the Culture Landscape of Lake Biwa (centered around Hikone-jo).

In the spirit of the Olympics, the Yoyogi National Gymnasium seems to be a likely addition to Japan's Tentative List update in the near future.

https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/155679

Think it would make more sense to include several Kenzo Tange buildings of the modernist Japanese style, such as the FCG.

An article about WWII related heritage, with an emphasis on Japan: its nomination of the Sado mine and Memory of the World nominations where it is in disagreement with South Korea and China.

As countries clash over WWII heritage sites, changes to UNESCO guidelines worry experts