TOKYO >> On an island off the coast of Nagasaki, ruins that seem on the verge of collapse stand clustered behind a high ...

A Japanese island once packed with wealthy residents was abandoned over a century ago - and has since become a magnet for ...

Once a thriving arm of Japan's industrial revolution, Hashima Island was once home to 5,000 residents - but it has been ...

Hashima Island, Japan, was once a bustling hive of activity - but its sordid past has rendered it uninhabitable.

Originally, Hashima was a reef ... allowing visitors to view the ruined town from above. Visitors to Nagasaki unable to go to the island can get a taste of it with a visit to the museum—and ...

CHIGASAKI, Kanagawa Prefecture--Suh Jung-woo was only 14 when he was taken to Hashima island off Nagasaki during World War II and made to work in a coal mine. “It was 37 to 38 degrees in the pit.

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has taken exception to a Japanese exhibit on the Hashima Coal Mine on a tiny island off the coast of Nagasaki city. The committee passed a unanimous resolution ...

Hashima Island’s transformation from an uninhabited rock into a ... Administrative control of the island was transferred to the city of Nagasaki. With a national focus on innovating technology that ...

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