Diving survey conducted at west Japan site of 1942 undersea mine flood that left 183 dead
UBE, Yamaguchi -- Two months after the ... 183 souls lost their lives in an inundation of an underwater coal mine off the ...
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One Sailor Missing as Japanese Minesweeper Catches Fire and Capsizes
A Sugashima-class mine clearance vessel, the JS Ukushima, experienced a fire in the engine room on the morning of Nov. 10 off ...
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U.S. mines from WWII found at wind farm in Kanmon Straits
Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, U.S. forces deployed about 5,000 mines in the straits between March and August 1945, or nearly half of the 12,000 U.S. mines planted across Japan. The SAA ...
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Green algae pose threat to popular Akiyoshido limestone cave
MINE, Yamaguchi Prefecture—LED lights installed to illuminate spectacular natural formations in one of Japan’s largest limestone caves are turning the milky white stalactites green. Experts ...
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper catches fire off Fukuoka
A fire on a Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper navigating near southwestern Japan has left one crew member missing and another injured.