“Pamphlets by Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum”
At the beginning of the pamphlets distributed freely at the Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum, it says in the order of Korean, Japanese and English, “The non-Japanese people who were victims of invasion by Japan and the war have been abandoned without being compensated for 50 years after WWII, for the history of the perpetrator has been hidden. There is nothing more that could betray the trust of international societies than the irresponsible attitude of not willing to apologize to the victims nor compensate them.” to criticize how Japan have handled the situation after WWII. The pamphlets devote most space to the descriptions of Hashima. It says “conscripted workers spent their days in agony and in despair, facing cruel physical violence in abominable working conditions beyond their imagination. It is stated that this was the reason why they called Hashima an “Island of Hell.””
Please listen to the testimonies of the former Hashima Islanders that provide contrary views to these allegations.
CLAIM
“Pamphlets by
Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum”
Published by
“Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum”
Those foreigners who were victimized by Japanese occupation and WWII have been neglected and uncompensated for 50 years after the war, because the history of abuse has been hidden. The irresponsible attitude of a wrongdoer not offering apology or compensation betrays international trust.-Pamphlet of Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum
Japanese miners and staff lived in the concrete apartment built in 1916, while Korean workers were accommodated in shabby housing with iron-barred windows.-Pamphlet of Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum
There was a 10m-tower to watch Korean workers.-Pamphlet of Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum
Digging faces in the mines in Kyushu were very low, so we mostly had to dig in lying positions. Workers suffered in such positions for over 10 hours a day.-Pamphlet of Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum
According to the documents on cremation, half of deaths in Hashima Mine were due to accidents, and the rest was to suffocation, injury, crushing, and unnatural deaths.-Pamphlet of Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum
July 2015, UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to register the sites on the premise of Japan's promise to set up the information center to promote the "overall history" of this region and to honor victims.-Pamphlet of Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum
DISPROOF
“Pamphlets by Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum”
Verification 1) About apology
Verification 2) About iron bars
Verification 3) About watchtower
Verification 4) About digging positions and long working hours
Verification 5) The causes of Koreans' deaths:
Verification 6) About the conditions of UNESCO World Heritage registration
Hashima Islanders for Historical Truth
Harue Kobayashi,Kiyoko Adachi,Hiroyasu Honma
Mitsuoki Tsubouchi,Shuji Inoue,Isamu Sasayama,Yasuhiro Mori
The Oka Masaharu Memorial Nagasaki Peace Museum is a private museum opened in 1995. It aims to clarify Japan’s acts of misconduct of the past and its irresponsibility after WWII, and to ask the Government of Japan for a sincere apology and to issue compensations. The exhibitions of the Museum cover a wide range of topics, from those related to Korean survivors of nuclear bombing, conscripted workers in Hashima and elsewhere, Japan's war of invasion and the Nanjing Massacre, to comfort women issues and post-war compensations.