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 This home page introduces
you to my nonfiction book, entitled "The Tragedy of Hokutan Yubari
Coal Mine in 1981," which was written by Eiichi Masutani and was
published by Sairyusya
Co. in Feb. 15, 1996.
In October 1981, Hokutan
Yubari Coal Mine Co., located in Yubari in the Japan's most northern
island of Hokkaido, had a sudden gas explosion and the ensuing fires
some 800 meters deep, claiming the lives of 93 workers. After the
incident, the coal mine operator was forced to go bankrupt, with
2,000 employees losing jobs at one time. However, the town's and
prefecture's governments, the coal mining industry and the central
government moved to maintain operations at the coal field by forging
a new company to succeed the failed Hokutan firm. The most important
task was to protect the local economy from total collapse.
I
will be grateful if you inform me of your opinion about this book
via E-mail (fl7e-mstn@asahi-net.or.jp).
This nonfiction book, priced at 1,900 yen, will be available at
a 20% discount price. If you have an interest in this book, please
send orders to me by fax to 043-226-5302 or by mail.
I
will show you some of chapters from this book.
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