Bones Found at Japanese Mine May Be WWII-Era Korean Forced Laborers

Bones found at Japanese site where Korean forced laborers died in WWII are human remains, police say - OHS Canada Magazine

This shows what are believed to be bones, recovered from Chosei Mine in Ube, Yamaguchi prefecture, southern Japan Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) By Mari Yamaguchi Police said Wednesday that a set of bones recovered at a wartime mine in Japan are human remains, and a Japanese group helping search for the remains said they are certain to belong to about 180 mostly Korean forced labourers who died in an accident in 1942. Police said the…

Bones found at Japan WWII forced labor site, police say

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Bones, skull found by divers at undersea mine in Japan where over 100 Korean forced laborers died in WWII

In February 1942, part of the ceiling of a mine shaft collapsed, flooding the mine and killing the 183 workers inside.

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.

Bones Found at Japanese Mine Accident site Where Korean Forced Laborers Died in WWII

Bones Found at Japanese Mine Accident site Where Korean Forced Laborers Died in WWII

Bones found at Japanese site where Korean forced laborers died in WWII

Suspected human bones have been recovered at mine in Japan where about 180 mostly Korean forced laborers died in an accident in 1942.