Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

It was concluded that the property possesses outstanding universal value; the property clearly attests the intensive introduction of Western technology, which served as the driving force for Japan’s rapid industrialization in a dramatically brief period and its own industrial modernisation processes.
In order for the property to be designated as a World Heritage, the processes is: preparation of the nomination letter attesting the value of the property; a field investigation after the property nomination by the Japanese government to UNESCO; discuted of the proposal by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.