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

Hashima Island in the Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, was once a thriving arm of the country's industrial revolution - but ...

Initially a small-scale coal mining operation, Hashima Island became rapidly industrialised in the late 19th century after it was bought by the engineering giant Mistubishi in a bid to exploit its ...

Thousands of people lived in tightly packed accommodations on Hashima, the coal mining isle that is also called Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island, here. Kaji, 91, was born and raised on Hashima ...

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 ...

Hashima Coal Mine, while still in the black, was closed in January 1974, and the island’s entire population departed by April, leaving it uninhabited. The island began to attract attention again ...