The table below shows key initiatives implemented as preparation for the establishment of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites as well as actions that the council has taken since then.
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| May 30, 2011 | Related municipalities (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita, Bizen) hold a coordination meeting (Tokyo) |
| August 22, 2011 | Related municipalities (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) hold a coordination meeting (Tokyo) |
| August 23, 2011 | Mayors of Mito (Yasushi Takahashi) and Ashikaga (Minoru Omamiuda) exchange ideas (Ashikaga) |
| October 18, 2011 | Mayors of Mito (Yasushi Takahashi) and Bizen (Noriyasu Nishioka) exchange ideas (Bizen) |
| October 19, 2011 | Mayors of Mito (Yasushi Takahashi) and Hita (Keisuke Harada) exchange ideas (Hita) |
| October 28, 2011 | Related municipalities (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) hold a coordination meeting (Ashikaga) |
| October 29, 2011 | World Heritage Symposium on the Educational Heritage of Early Modern Japan held (Ashikaga) |
| November 23, 2011 | Symposium held to promote the registration of Mito World Heritage sites titled “Disaster recovery and academic-educational heritage: Rebuilding, revitalizing, and rediscovering the Kodokan and Kairakuen” held (ACM Theater at Art Tower Mito) |
| December 17, 2011 | Mayors of Mito (Yasushi Takahashi) and Hita (Keisuke Harada) exchange ideas (Mito) |
| December 19, 2011 | Related municipalities (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita, Bizen) hold a coordination meeting (Tokyo) |
| January 14, 2012 | Related municipalities (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) hold a joint academic conference (Tokyo) |
| February 10, 2012 | Related municipalities (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) hold a joint academic conference (Tokyo) |
| March 22, 2012 | Three cities (Mito, Ashikata, Hita) submit an interim report on the status of discussions related to the Provisional List of Potential World Heritage Sites to the Office for World Cultural Heritage in the Cultural Properties Department at the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Tokyo) |
| May 27, 2012 | Related municipalities (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita, Bizen) hold a coordination meeting (Tokyo) |
| Related municipalities (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) hold a joint academic conference (Tokyo) | |
| August 9, 2012 | Related municipalities (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) hold a coordination meeting (Tokyo) |
| August 19, 2012 | Ceremony held to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Hirose Gyokuso’s passing (Hita) |
| August 22, 2012 | Related municipalities (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) hold a joint academic conference (Tokyo) |
| October 2, 2012 | Related municipalities (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) hold a joint academic conference (Tokyo) |
| October 17, 2012 | Related municipalities (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) hold a coordination meeting for the establishment of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| November 18, 2012 | First General Session of the inaugural year of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites held (Art Tower Mito conference room) |
| International Symposium for the Educational Heritage and World Heritage Registration Promotion (“The Educational Heritage of Early Modern Japan”) held (ACM Theater at Art Tower Mito) | |
| December 7, 2012 | Expert Committee B meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| February 12, 2013 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committee C meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| March 4, 2013 | Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita, Bizen) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| March 28, 2013 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committee A meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| May 7, 2013 | First FY2013 session for the Executive Committee of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| May 21, 2013 | First FY2013 session of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| First FY2013 session for the Executive Committee of the International Symposium for the Educational Heritage and World Heritage Registration Promotion (Tokyo) | |
| June 11, 2013 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committee B meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| July 29, 2013 | Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita, Bizen) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| Expert Committee A meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| August 29, 2013 | Interim report on the status of discussions related to the Provisional List of Potential World Heritage Sites submitted to the Office for World Cultural Heritage in the Cultural Properties Department at the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Tokyo) |
| August 30, 2013 | Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| October 6, 2013 | International Symposium for the Educational Heritage and World Heritage Registration Promotion (“The Educational Heritage of Early Modern Japan”) held (Cultural Hall at Ashikaga Civic Plaza) |
| October 13, 2013 | Expert Committee A meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| January 25, 2014 | Expert Committee C meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| March 26, 2014 | Second FY2013 session for the Executive Committee of the International Symposium for the Educational Heritage and World Heritage Registration Promotion (Tokyo) |
| July 30, 2014 | First FY2014 session for the Executive Committee of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| August 27, 2014 | Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita, Bizen) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| First FY2014 session for the Executive Committee of the International Symposium for the Educational Heritage and World Heritage Registration Promotion (Tokyo) | |
| Expert Committee A meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| October 14, 2014 | Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committee B meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| November 5, 2014 | Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| November 8, 2014 | International Symposium for the Promotion for the Educational Heritage and World Heritage Registration Promotion (“Edo Scholarship and Culture”) held (Patria Hita Cultural Hall) |
| November 20, 2014 | Coordination meeting (Ibaraki Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Oita Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, Mito, Ashikaga, Hita, Bizen) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| December 19, 2014 | Coordination meeting (Ibaraki Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Oita Prefecture, Okayama Prefecture, Mito, Ashikaga, Hita, Bizen) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| January 28, 2015 | Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) | |
| February 21, 2015 | Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita, Bizen) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| First FY2014 session of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| March 30, 2015 | Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita, Bizen) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| March 30, 2015 | Coordination meeting (Mito, Ashikaga, Hita, Bizen) held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Second FY2014 session for the Executive Committee of the International Symposium for the Educational Heritage and World Heritage Registration Promotion (Tokyo) | |
| May 15, 2015 | First FY2015 session for the Executive Committee of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| May 31, 2015 | First FY2015 session of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| September 7, 2015 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| December 22, 2015 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| January 9, 2016 | First FY2015 session for the Executive Committee of the International Symposium for the Educational Heritage and World Heritage Registration Promotion (Tokyo) |
| January 18, 2016 | Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) |
| February 21, 2016 | International Symposium for the Educational Heritage and World Heritage Registration Promotion (“The Educational Heritage Sites of Early Modern Japan”) held (Okayama Prefectural Youth Education Center, Shizutani School) |
| March 28, 2016 | Second FY2015 session for the Executive Committee of the International Symposium for the Educational Heritage and World Heritage Registration Promotion (Tokyo) |
| May 17, 2016 | First FY2016 session for the Executive Committee of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| May 29, 2016 | First FY2016 session of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| July 13, 2016 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| September 4, 2016 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committees A and B of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) | |
| October 31, 2016 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) | |
| December 21, 2016 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Hita) |
| January 21, 2017 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) | |
| March 27, 2017 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Meeting held with the Agency of Cultural Affairs to exchange views (Tokyo) | |
| May 16, 2017 | First FY2017 session for the Executive Committee of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| May 28, 2017 | First FY2017 session of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| July 22, 2017 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committees A and B of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) | |
| August 29, 2017 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committee C meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| October 16, 2017 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committees A and B of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) | |
| November 14, 2017 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Ashikaga) |
| December 19, 2017 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| January 23, 2018 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| February 17, 2018 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Bizen) |
| February 18, 2018 | Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Bizen) |
| March 3, 2018 | Japan ICOMOS National Committee tours component heritage sites (Kodokan, Mito) |
| March 4, 2018 | Meeting with Japan ICOMOS National Committee to exchange views (Mito) |
| Japan ICOMOS National Committee tours component heritage sites (Ashikaga Gakko, Ashikaga) | |
| May 15, 2018 | First FY2018 session for the Executive Committee of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| June 3, 2018 | First FY2018 session of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| July 1, 2018 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) | |
| August 7~9, 2018 | Expert Committee chairs meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Mito) |
| September 25~26, 2018 | Expert Committee chairs meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Mito) |
| October 29, 2018 | Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) |
| November 27, 2018 | Interim report on the status of discussions related to the Provisional List of Potential World Heritage Sites (Summaries) submitted to the Agency for Cultural Affairs and request (Tokyo) |
| February 9, 2019 | Lecture meeting of World Heritage held (Bizen) |
| February 11, 2019 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) | |
| February 17, 2019 | Lecture meeting of World Heritage held (Ashikaga) |
| May 14, 2019 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| First FY2019 session for the Executive Committee of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| May 19, 2019 | Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) |
| June 1, 2019 | First FY2019 session of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| June 15~16, 2019 | Expert Committee chairs meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Mito) |
| June 30, 2019 | Expert Committee chairs meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Kyoto) |
| July 28, 2019 | Expert Committees A and B of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) |
| September 21, 2019 | Expert Committee C meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| November 30, 2019 | Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) |
| Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) | |
| May 12, 2020 | First FY2020 session for the Executive Committee of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (with document) |
| May 22, 2020 | Expert Committee editors meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| May 30, 2020 | First FY2020 session of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (with document) |
| June 23, 2020 | Expert Committee editors meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| July 21, 2020 | Expert Committee editors meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| September 4, 2020 | Expert Committee editors meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| November 6, 2020 | Proposal (Interim report on the status of discussions) related to the Provisional List of Potential World Heritage Sites submitted to the Agency for Cultural Affairs and request (Tokyo) |
| November 30, 2020 | Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (online meeting) |
| March 30, 2021 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| May 11, 2021 | First FY2021 session for the Executive Committee of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| May 30, 2021 | First FY2021 session of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| July 5, 2021 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| July 10, 2021 | Forum for World Heritage Registration Promotion (“For The Educational Heritage Sites of Early Modern Japan will be registered on UNESCO’ s World Heritage List”) held (Multi-purpose Hall at Mito City Educational Research Center) |
| October 5, 2021 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (online meeting) | |
| December 20, 2021 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (online meeting) | |
| March 16, 2022 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| Expert Committee editors meeting of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) | |
| May 13, 2022 | First FY2022 session for the Executive Committee of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| May 25, 2022 | Coordination meeting held for the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (online meeting) |
| June 4, 2022 | First FY2022 session of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites (Tokyo) |
| July 27, 2022 | Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (Tokyo) |
| October 12, 2022 | Expert Committees A, B, and C of the World Heritage Inscription Council for the Early Modern Japanese Educational Sites hold a joint session (online meeting) |
| February 7, 2023 | Proposal (Interim report on the status of discussions) related to the Provisional List of Potential World Heritage Sites (English translation of Summaries) submitted to the Agency for Cultural Affairs and request (Tokyo) |
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