The Japanese island of Hashima was closed in 1974 and fell into disrepair, but since the 2000s, it has been reborn as a tourist destination. On an island off the coast of Nagasaki, ruins that seem ...

Japan risked derailing ... site in Nagasaki Prefecture. The Hashima Coal Mine, located on a tiny speck of rock popularly known as “Battleship Island,” is part of the “Sites of the Meiji ...

also known as Gunkanjima (Battleship Island), was once home to the Hashima Coal Mine, an underwater coal mine that contributed to Japan’s modernization. More than 5,000 people resided on the ...

South Korea voiced disappointment Saturday after Japan's follow-up report on its UNESCO-listed industrial sites failed to ...

The government has expressed deep regret over Japan not implementing follow-up measures after listing the latter's modern industrial sites, including Hashima (Battleship) Island, on the list of UNESCO ...