Facility of Miike coal mine, possible World Heritage site

Toshihiko Horiuchi, a former worker at the defunct Miike coal mine complex, explains about a facility in Arao, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 9, 2015. The complex, which played a vital role in Japan's postwar reconstruction, is one of the candidate sites of the country's Meiji era (1868-1911) industrial revolution for registration on the UNESCO World Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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