Both countries maintain submitted competing nominations for inclusion in Unesco’s Memory of the World programme A Chinese campaign to maintain documents related to Japan’s use of wartime sex slaves and its bloody invasion of Nanjing recognised by Unesco has sparked a fresh round of diplomatic tension between Beijing and Tokyo.
A Unesco panel in Abu Dhabi will announce on Friday successful nominations for inclusion in the UN body’s Memory of the World programme, amid efforts by Japanese officials to block the bid.
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Source: theguardian.com