福井洞窟を特別史跡に　名勝は西氏庭園など―文化審

　文化審議会（島谷弘幸会長）は２４日、洞窟遺跡の福井洞窟（長崎県佐世保市）を特別史跡に、金沢城下の用水を取り込んだ西氏庭園（金沢市）など２件を名勝に新たに指定するよう、盛山正仁文部科学相に答申した。特別史跡の新指定は２０２０年の埼玉古墳群（埼玉県行田市）以来で、６４件目となる。
　このほか、史跡１０件の新指定、日本万国博覧会記念公園日本庭園（大阪府吹田市）など３件の登録記念物への新登録、重要文化的景観１件の新選定も求めた。近く答申通り告示され、史跡、名勝、天然記念物は計３３７６件、登録記念物は１３５件、文化的景観は７３件となる。（2024/06/24-17:04）

A Japanese government panel on Monday proposed the designation of Fukui Cave, an archeological site in Sasebo in the southwestern prefecture of Nagasaki, as a special historic site.
   The cave will likely become the country's 64th special historic site.
   The cave shed the first light on changes in stone tools from the Upper Paleolithic period to the beginning of Japan's ancient Jomon period, as well as the emergence of pottery.
   The site also showcases how the cave was formed in line with an environmental shift from a cold climate to a warmer one.
   In its proposal submitted to culture minister Masahito Moriyama, the Cultural Affairs Council also recommended that two sites, including a garden in Kanazawa in the central prefecture of Ishikawa, be included in the list of scenic spots.