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Korea Demands Tokyo’s Return of Chosun Prince Armor

Korea Demands Tokyo’s Return of Chosun Prince Armor

0 on May 3, 2012, 6:00 am / in archaeology law, cultural property law, Japan, Korea, Museums, Repatriation

The Tokyo National Museum has acknowledged it holds a set of armor and headpiece worn by a Chosun prince, which [...]

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“THE Stonehenge megaliths have been stolen!?”

“THE Stonehenge megaliths have been stolen!?”

1 on September 15, 2010, 9:30 am / in Amusing, Japan, Museums, United Kingdom

So begins a comic strip — a manga comic strip mind you — in which a nutty professor seeks to [...]

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Cultural Property Law on March 10, 2010: Bullfighting, Shaolin Monks, Shipwrecks, et al.

Cultural Property Law on March 10, 2010: Bullfighting, Shaolin Monks, Shipwrecks, et al.

3 on March 10, 2010, 9:33 am / in Africa, archaeology law, China, cultural property law, Economy, India, Intangible Cultural Property, International Treaties, Japan, Museums, Native American Issues, Shipwrecks, Spain, UNESCO

I’m going to try a new format, only a little bit inspired from Derek Fincham’s occasional “Footnotes” format.  It is [...]

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