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Coal mine train in southwestern Japan

An electric locomotive, which was used at the now-defunct Miike Coal Mine straddling Fukuoka and Kumamoto prefectures in southwestern Japan, runs at a pit in Arao in Kumamoto Prefecture on July 8, 2023, during an event marking the site's eighth anniversary of its addition to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list.

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Coal mine trains in southwestern Japan

Two electric locomotives, which were used at the now-defunct Miike Coal Mine straddling Fukuoka and Kumamoto prefectures in southwestern Japan, are pictured on July 8, 2023, as they go on public display at a pit in Arao in Kumamoto Prefecture to mark the site's eighth anniversary of its addition to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list.

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Coal mine trains in southwestern Japan

People pose for photos in front of two electric locomotives, which were used at the now-defunct Miike Coal Mine straddling Fukuoka and Kumamoto prefectures in southwestern Japan, on July 8, 2023, at a pit in Arao in Kumamoto Prefecture. The trains went on public display to mark the site's eighth anniversary of its addition to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list.

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Son of worker at closed mine collects witness of history

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Maekawa speaks about the now defunct Mitsui Miike coal mine in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka in front of related reference materials displayed at his home in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, in this file photo taken on June 29, 2014. On the red banners behind him are words of support written by workers for colleagues arrested for staging a strike in which his father was involved.

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Coal mine accident anniversary

OMUTA, Japan - Participants offer flowers during a memorial ceremony in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 9, 2013. The event marked the 50th anniversary of the country's worst mine accident in the postwar era at the Mitsui Miike mine.

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Ex-workers, Mitsui Construction settle black lung lawsuit

FUKUOKA, Japan - A group of former mine workers and their relatives celebrate outside the Fukuoka District Court in Fukuoka Prefecture on May 2, after reaching an agreement with Mitsui Construction Co. in a compensation suit for pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease. The suit over the work-related disease involves the now-closed Miike Mine, formerly Japan's largest coal mine, operated by Mitsui Construction and two other Mitsui-related companies.

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Miike Mine

Miike Mine is going to be closed at the end of March 1997. The photo was taken from Kyodo News helicopter on January 30, 1997.

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S. Korean man tells of experience at WWII coal mine labor

Yun Han Su, a 91-year old civilian who was brought in 1943 from the Korean Peninsula to Japan and forced to work at the Mikawa Pit of the Miike Coal Mine in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in harsh conditions, talks about his experiences in this photo taken in May 2015, in Anseong, South Korea's Gyeonggi Province. He said a number of his coworkers died in accidents at the mine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean man tells of hard labor at WWII coal mine

Son Jun Gu, 92, who was brought from the Korean Peninsula to Japan and forced to work at the Miike Coal Mine in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at the age of 20, talks about his experiences in this photo taken in May 2015 in Seoul. He recalled laboring under harsh conditions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Visitors see winch of coal pit, new World Heritage site

A throng of visitors cheer at the sight of a huge winch at the Miike Coal Mine's Manda Pit in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2015, a day after the pit and 22 other sites of Japan's 19th-century Meiji industrial revolution were added to the World Cultural Heritage list by a UNESCO committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coal mine in southwestern Japan added to World Heritage list

Girls watch one of big machines of the Miike Coal Mine's Manda Pit in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2015, a day after the pit and 22 other sites of Japan's 19th-century Meiji industrial revolution were added to the World Cultural Heritage list by a UNESCO committee. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hurrah for Miike Coal Mine's World Heritage status

Members of the "Tanko (coal mine) Girls" group promote the Manda Pit of the Miike Coal Mine in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 6, 2015. The coal mine is one of the Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution that was granted UNESCO World Heritage status the same month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists flock to Japan's new industrial heritage sites

Tourists visit the Manda Pit of the Miike Coal Mine in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 11, 2015, the first Saturday after the pit and other sites of Japan's Meiji industrial revolution were added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists flock to Japan's new industrial heritage sites

Tourists visit the Manda Pit of the Miike Coal Mine in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 11, 2015, the first Saturday after the pit and other sites of Japan's Meiji industrial revolution were added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists visit Japan's newly listed UNESCO World Heritage site

Tourists listen to a guide's explanation during a tour of the Manda pit at the Miike coal mine in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2015, a day after it and other sites that played a major role in Japan's 19th-century Meiji industrial revolution were added by a UNESCO committee to the World Cultural Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Century-old stone quay stays intact, awaits UNESCO heritage listing

Manpo Saito, a farmer in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, volunteers as a local guide for tourists at Misuminishi port, as seen on June 20, 2015. The century-old stone quay at the port, which thrived for only about a decade after opening in 1887 for the export of coal from the now defunct Miike mine, is Japan's only pier from the Meiji era (1868-1911) that still stands intact in its entirety. The quay is one of the sites of the Meiji era industrial revolution that Japan seeks to have registered on the UNESCO World Heritage list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Century-old stone quay still intact, awaits UNESCO heritage listing

The century-old stone quay at Misuminihi port in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, as seen on June 20, 2015, is the country's only pier from the Meiji era (1868-1911) that still stands intact in its entirety. The port opened in 1887 for the export of coal from the now defunct Miike mine, but thrived only for only about a decade before losing out to railway transport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese coal mine pit intended for UNESCO World Heritage list

The Miyanohara pit of the defunct Miike coal mine complex in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is photographed from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 25, 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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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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Son of worker at closed mine collects witness of history

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Maekawa speaks about the now defunct Mitsui Miike coal mine in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka in front of related reference materials displayed at his home in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, in this file photo taken on June 29, 2014. On the red banners behind him are words of support written by workers for colleagues arrested for staging a strike in which his father was involved. (Kyodo)

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Ex-workers, Mitsui Construction settle black lung lawsuit

FUKUOKA, Japan - A group of former mine workers and their relatives celebrate outside the Fukuoka District Court in Fukuoka Prefecture on May 2, after reaching an agreement with Mitsui Construction Co. in a compensation suit for pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease. The suit over the work-related disease involves the now-closed Miike Mine, formerly Japan's largest coal mine, operated by Mitsui Construction and two other Mitsui-related companies.