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

The island, 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 ...

The coal mine, located on what is known as “Battleship Island,” is part of the “Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution,” which won World Heritage status in 2015. Properties of the ...

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 ...

During Japan’s economic boom, the country shifted from coal to petroleum and natural gas as its main energy sources. As the island’s coal was used chiefly in steel production, though ...