Miike coal mine
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Miike coal mine (三池炭鉱, Miike Tankō), also known as the Mitsui Miike Coal Mine (三井三池炭鉱, Mitsui Miike Tankō), was the largest coal mine in Japan,[1] located in the area of the city of Ōmuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto, Japan.
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Location | Ōmuta, Fukuoka | ||||||||||||
Country | Japan | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 33°00′49″N 130°27′22″E | ||||||||||||
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Products | Coal | ||||||||||||
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In 1960, it was the setting for the "Miike Struggle," which was the largest management-labor dispute in Japanese history.[2]
In 2015, it was registered as one of the assets of the UNESCO Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining World Heritage Site.