Here's a bit of history from last year that I failed to share at the time. The …

Here’s a bit of history from last year that I failed to share at the time. The coal mine played an important role in Japan’s industrial history and its story is the story of the positive and negative aspects of that history. During the war years, Korean and Chinese people were forced to work there and many did not survive. Here’s a link to a Japanese-language article about memorials to those victims that can be found at Shohoji, a temple in Arao:

http://asianews.seesaa.net/article/450517107.html

– Kirk

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20201110/p2a/00m/0na/017000c