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 ...

Coal mines across Japan were abandoned ... He has now spent more years outside Hashima than on the island. But the lively ambience of the isle remains in Kaji’s mind. “I cannot believe ...

Japan has agreed to acknowledge the history ... Industrial Revolution,” which include the Hashima Coal Mine on Hashima island in Nagasaki Prefecture and were designated a UNESCO World Heritage ...

One of the sites includes Hashima Island, where Koreans were forcibly taken for labour to produce war supplies for the Japanese Imperial Army. The Unesco World Heritage Committee (WHC) recommended ...

Explore the abandoned Hashima Island, Japan—also known as Battleship Island—through stunning drone footage. Once a thriving coal mining hub, this eerie ghost town now stands frozen in time, its ...