Miike coal mine, also known as the Mitsui Miike Coal Mine was a coal mine located in the area of ÅŒmuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto, Japan. Mining began in the Edo Period and the mine was nationalised in 1872. [1]. The Mitsui zaibatsu took control in 1899.
In 1963 an explosion resulted in the deaths of 458 people, 438 of whom died from carbon monoxide poisoning. [1]
The mine closed in 1997. [2]
   | Industrial pollution in Japan - Chapter - 5 The Miike coal-mine explosion |
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