The regional government designated it a natural park in 1987.

The school continued to be used as a military training center until a year ago, when the government designated the site a "space for memory."

The university was one of the first 88 national key universities designated by the central government.

About half the city's middle schools have been designated by the federal government as "in need of improvement."

It is an important cultural asset designated by the government.

The city's growth reached such a point that it was designated a core city by the national government in 1996.

They want the government to designate 50 regions, one for each state.

In 1959 it was designated by the government as a "key provincial middle school".

It was designated a national holiday by the Japanese government in 1948.

The government designated several public schools as shelters for the affected population.