A male diver died after falling ill during a survey to search for the remains of victims of the 1942 underwater coal mine disaster off Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/08/japan/diver-dies-in-japan-underwater-mine-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #yamaguchi #coal #mining
A civic group has called on the government to conduct DNA examinations on some human bones recovered recently from a western Japan undersea mine where fatal flooding occurred during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/dna-analysis-sought-for-bones-from-undersea-mine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #choseimine #yamaguchi #japanesepolice #genetics
Efforts are under way to recover the remains of workers who died in a 1942 accident at a now-defunct undersea coal mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/japan-undersea-mine-workers-remains/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #yamaguchi