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Fukuoka 17

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World War II-era Japanese POW camp at the Mitsui Kozan Miike Kogyo-Sho coal mine and Mitsui Zinc Foundry in Shinminato, Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

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Fukuoka #17 - Omuta, Branch Prisoner of War Camp was a Japanese prisoner-of-war work camp located at the Mitsui Kozan Miike Kogyo-Sho coal mine and Mitsui Zinc Foundry in Shinminato-machi, Omuta-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan, during World War II. It was the largest POW camp in Japan.

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Fukuoka Prefecture

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Fukuoka 17. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fukuoka-17
Chicago
"Fukuoka 17." World Prisons. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fukuoka-17.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-fukuoka-17,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Fukuoka 17},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fukuoka-17},
  urldate = {2026-10-24}
}