A TINY island off the coast of Japan, shaped like a battleship and left abandoned for decades, was a living "hell" for its former residents. Thousands of Korean and Chinese prisoners were forced to ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link From the mid 19th to the early 20th centuries, Japan underwent a major period of industrialization, partly in order to strengthen their defenses.

The South Korean government's attempt to have UNESCO scrutinize whether Japan fulfilled its follow-up commitments regarding Hashima Island, a site of forced labor during the Japanese colonial era, ...

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 on ...

The Japanese island of Hashima was once a densely populated coal-mining hub. Now it’s a source of friction between Tokyo and Seoul over the use of forced Korean labor during World War II. HASHIMA, ...

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15:49, Thu, Oct 31, 2024 Updated: 15:59, Thu, Oct 31, 2024 An island in the middle of the ocean is slowly being reclaimed by nature after being abandoned for more than 50 years. Hashima Island is a ...

When humans left, nature prevailed. On Hashima Island, a 16-acre patch of land off the southern coast of Japan, grass and vines and flowers flourish as concrete and steel wither. Once one of the most ...