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Hashima Island, once a site for working undersea coal mines, Japan

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Hashima Island, once a site for working undersea coal mines, Japan

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I guess a prison? Or maybe a penal colony.

It sort of was.

Before and during World War II, Hashima, like many industrial sites in Japan, was a location for forced labor.

Korean and Chinese prisoners of war were kept here, enduring varying degrees of hardship.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/hashima-skyfall-island-visit/index.html

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