Ex-Battleship Island resident talks about wartime life

Ex-Battleship Island resident talks about wartime life

Hideshi Inoue, an 85-year-old former resident of the Hashima Coal Mine, known as "Battleship Island," in Nagasaki in April 2015, talks about air raids and other experiences in World War II. The coal mine was added in July to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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