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 ...

Nicknamed Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island, because of its shape, Hashima island has an eerie, sinister look, perfect for, say, a villain’s lair in an action movie. The inspiration for villain Raoul ...

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 ...

The Google Street View Trekker backpack is at it again, and this time it visited the abandoned Hashima Island, or more well-known as "Dead Island" or "Dead City" from the most recent James Bond film ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever wanted to pretend to be James Bond on the abandoned island he travels to in “SkyFall,” you can now do so thanks to Google Street View. The island of Hashima, near Nagasaki, Japan, was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Battleship Island is just a nickname though – the island’s real name is Hashima Island, and it was a coal mining island. It was ...

Fresh from adding Street View images of a building that looks like the lair of a super-villain, Google has now added an actual* master criminal's stronghold to its mapping service. Hashima Island - a ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The island re-opened to tourists in 2009, but certain areas remained off-limits. Google worked with ...