Battleship Island is just a nickname though – the island’s real name is Hashima Island, and it was a coal mining island. It was dubbed “Battleship Island” (Gunkanjima in Japanese) because a sea wall ...

Few people cared about the derelict Japanese island of Hashima until 2012, when its crumbling piers and abandoned apartment buildings were used as a backdrop for the secret island in the James Bond ...

Few people cared about the derelict Japanese island of Hashima until 2012, when its crumbling piers and abandoned apartment buildings were used as a backdrop for the secret island in the James Bond ...

AN EERIE island with a dark past of slavery is said to be the final resting place of up to 1,300 abused civilians and prisoners of war. Hashima Island, abandoned for 40 years and now deemed too ...

Those looking for a snapshot of what Earth would look like if humans became extinct can look no further than this eerie abandoned island with a dark history. Lying nine miles off Japan's coast near ...

Nine miles off the Japanese coast near Nagasaki lies Hashima Island, known to be one of the world's spookiest locations. The history of the island is dark and haunting as hundreds of workers faced a ...

A TINY island off the coast of Japan, shaped like a battleship and left abandoned for decades, was a living "hell" for its former residents. Thousands of Korean and Chinese prisoners were forced to ...

New Delhi: Hashima Island, commonly called Gunkanjima, meaning Battleship Island, is one among 505 uninhabited islands in the Nagasaki Prefecture about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Nagasaki itself.