Toshiyuki Kono

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Toshiyuki Kono is a professor of international legal studies at Kyushu University.

Speaking of the Japanese cultural artifacts controversy, he told the Asahi Shimbun

Signing the convention is a matter of proving your 'class' as a nation. Up to now, Japanese were sorely short on sensitivity. In their eyes, cultural assets were on par with general trade products. Japan did not feel they were protecting irreplaceable treasures. [1]