Miike coal mine

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Miike coal mine was one of Japan’s largest and most historically significant coal mines, central to the country’s rapid industrialization during the Meiji era.

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Label Occurrences
Miike coal mine canonical 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coal mine
industrial heritage site
associatedWith Japanese industrialization
Mitsui zaibatsu NERFINISHED
beganOperation late 19th century
category Coal mines in Japan
Industrial history of Japan
Mitsui Group history
closed late 20th century
contributedTo development of nearby port facilities
growth of Ōmuta as an industrial city
country Japan
eraOfMajorDevelopment Meiji period NERFINISHED
heritageStatus part of Japan’s modern industrial heritage
historicalEvent site of industrial accidents
site of labor disputes
impact economic development of Kyushu region
environmental degradation in surrounding area
laborType forced labor during wartime
wage labor
linkedIndustry power generation plants
steel industry
locatedIn Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture NERFINISHED
Ōmuta, Fukuoka Prefecture NERFINISHED
operator Mitsui Mining Company NERFINISHED
owner Mitsui NERFINISHED
partOf Miike coalfield NERFINISHED
periodOfPeakProduction 20th century
product coal
region Kyushu NERFINISHED
role key energy source for Japanese industry
significance central to Japan’s rapid industrialization during the Meiji era
one of Japan’s largest coal mines
technology modern mining techniques for its time
transportInfrastructure port shipping facilities
rail connections for coal transport
usedFor fuel for industrialization
fuel for power generation
fuel for steel production

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Miike coal mine
Description of subject: Miike coal mine was one of Japan’s largest and most historically significant coal mines, central to the country’s rapid industrialization during the Meiji era.

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