{
  "id": 5379411,
  "title": "Hikone Castle Picked as Japan's World Heritage Candidate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/hikone-castle-picked-as-japans-world-heritage-candidate",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T17:43:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026090300885/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)--The Council for Cultural Affairs, which advises Japan's culture minister, on Thursday selected Hikone Castle, located in the western prefecture of Shiga, as the country's fiscal 2026 candidate for registration as a UNESCO World Heritage site. A nomination for the castle in the city of Hikone will be submitted to UNESCO by February 2028 after necessary domestic p...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Japan to nominate Hikone Castle for 2028 World Heritage listing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/japan-to-nominate-hikone-castle-for-2028-world-heritage-listing",
        "published": "2026-09-03T13:24:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}