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No visitors allowed on Japan's men-only UNESCO island
Tokyo (AFP) - Visitors will not be allowed to set foot on a men-only UNESCO World Heritage island in Japan from next year, an official said Saturday.
Asia & Oceania
Unesco listing for island where no women are allowed
Okinoshima, a sacred island in Japan where women are banned and men have to be ritually naked on Unesco’s World Heritage Listing.
Japan
No girls allowed: Japan's men-only island gets UNESCO nod
TOKYO (AFP) - A men-only island in Japan where women are banned and male visitors must bathe naked in the sea before visiting its shrine, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.
AseanPlus News
Japan protests after 'Russian' plane enters airspace
TOKYO - Tokyo has lodged a protest with Moscow after a foreign aircraft -- believed to be Russian -- briefly violated its airspace, prompting Tokyo to scramble four fighter jets, government officials said Wednesday.
