Keizo MII, a practitioner of acupuncture and moxibustion, who was patronized by Konosuke MATSUSHITA, insisted on the preservation of the remains of Asuka-mura; Matsushita asked Eisaku SATO, then Prime Minister to help the preservation, and the law to preserve the remains was established.
松下幸之助がひいきにしていた大阪の鍼灸師・御井敬三が、明日香村の遺跡の保存を訴え、松下から佐藤栄作首相へと伝えられたことから、法制化へと進んだ。