I met Jim at the IUCN General Assembly held in Perth, Australia, when I was involved in the campaign to let the Government of Japan to ratify the World Heritage Convention in 1989. He welcomed us to join the IUCN thematic session on the World Heritage and give me a chance to give a presenation on potential natural heritages in Japan. Since then, I learnt a lot about the World Heritage Convention from Jim. Thank you Jim for your contribution to the World Heritage Convention.