US EditionBones Found at Japanese Mine May Be WWII-Era Korean Forced Laborers
Kizamu Kai found three possible limb bones and a skull in the flooded Chosei Coal Mine, site of a 1942 accident that killed 183 workers including Korean forced laborers.
- Korean divers recovered three possible limb bones and a skull at the former Chosei Coal Mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture, where a shaft collapse years ago killed 183 workers.
- After years of local inquiry, citizen investigators began probing the site in 1991 and started undersea searches last year, with Kizamu Kai conducting them independently amid limited funding from the Japanese health and welfare ministry.
- Local police will examine the recovered bones to confirm if they belong to victims who died years ago, with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi saying the government is monitoring the process.
- The recovery follows a Tokyo summit, expected to accelerate efforts to recover remains of the 136 Korean forced laborers and 47 Japanese workers killed in the collapse.
- Historians note that Japan mobilized hundreds of thousands of Korean laborers during World War II, and Korean compensation demands have long strained Japan–South Korea relations despite improving ties since 2023.
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Bones Found at Japanese Site Where Korean Forced Laborers Died in WWII
Three possible limb bones and a skull were found in the past two days by Korean divers at the former site of the Chosei Mine in western Yamaguchi prefecture, according the civil group known as Kizamu Kai.
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The bones will be examined by local police to determine if they belong to any of the victims who died in the mine 83 years ago.
Suspected human remains recovered at Japanese WWII mine where Korean laborers died
Suspected human remains have been recovered at a former Japanese mine where about 180 mostly Korean forced laborers died in a 1942 accident, a Japanese group involved in the search said Tuesday. Korean divers found three possi
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