- P-ISSN 1976-3735
- E-ISSN 3091-8685
The Journal of Northeast Asian History
- P-ISSN1976-3735
- E-ISSN3091-8685
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Toward a Full History of Coal Mining: Korean Miners in the Japanese Coal Industry, 1910s–1930s
[Research Article] Toward a Full History of Coal Mining: Korean Miners in the Japanese Coal Industry, 1910s–1930s
The Journal of Northeast Asian History / The Journal of Northeast Asian History, (P)1976-3735; (E)3091-8685
2025, v.22 no.1, pp.171-199
https://doi.org/10.23037/jnah.2025.22.1.005
(National Museum of Japanese History)
SAGAWA,
K.
(2025). Toward a Full History of Coal Mining: Korean Miners in the Japanese Coal Industry, 1910s–1930s. , 22(1), 171-199, https://doi.org/10.23037/jnah.2025.22.1.005
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This report examines the presence and role of Korean laborers in Japan’s coal mining industry following the annexation of Korea, dividing the period into three phases: the WWI period (late 1910s), the 1920s, and the 1930s. The Chikuhō region of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan’s largest coal-producing area and the site where the greatest number of Korean miners worked, serves as the central focus of this study. This paper introduces the characteristics of Korean miners in each period and provides perspectives on how historical experiences up to the 1930s connect to wartime labor mobilization. When the “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution” were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2015, UNESCO’s advisory body, ICOMOS, included in its recommendation for registration that the plan should also provide an understanding of each site’s “full history”. This paper demonstrates that the relationship between Japan’s coal mining industry and Korean miners, which began in the 1910s, is an indispensable element in understanding the full history of the coal mining industry—whether the coal mine sites have been registered as World Heritage or not.
- keywords
- Coal Mining Industy in Japan, Korean Coal Miners, Chikuhō coalfield, Technological Innovations, Residential Area, Female Coal Miners od, Samhan Unification, historical terms
- 투고일Received
- 2025-09-01
- 수정일Revised
- 2025-11-05
- 게재확정일Accepted
- 2025-12-03
- 출판일Published
- 2025-12-31
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