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 ...

We'd been warned about rough seas ahead, so were hoping for the best and preparing for the worst. For the first five minutes, our tour group cruised in a stately manner, lulled in the direction of a ...

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, ...

Explore the eerie ruins of Hashima Island, once a bustling coal mining hub. Discover its ghostly remains, intricate history, and how it became known as "Japan’s Ghost Island" in this captivating story ...

For Japanese, Hashima Island may be a site that evokes pride that propelled the country to the global stage as an economic powerhouse. However, Koreans consider the islet off the coast of Nagasaki, ...

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, ...

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 ...

For the first time ever, Korea and Japan faced off in a vote at an international forum — the Unesco World Heritage Committee — over the issue of Japan's failure to acknowledge the history of forced ...

South Korea has prodded Japan to acknowledge the country's forced mobilization of Koreans at several UNESCO-listed world heritage sites in Japan, including Hashima Island, in the latest session of the ...

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