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The {{nihongo|'''Sado gold mine'''|佐渡金山|Sado Kinzan}} is a generic term for gold and silver mines which were once located on the island of [[Sado, Niigata|Sado]] in [[Niigata Prefecture]], Japan.<ref name="Kiruna">{{cite web|url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/26576831/MINERAL-DEPOSIT-MODELS-FOR-NORTHEAST-ASIA|title=Mineral deposits of Northern Asia|year=2012|publisher=docstoc.com|accessdate=2013-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-53677.html |title=mindat.org |publisher=mindat.org |date=2011-06-22 |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref> Among these mines, the {{nihongo|'''Aikawa Gold and Silver Mine'''|相川金銀山|Aikawa kinginzan}} was the largest and was in operation until the modern era.
According to Korean sources copper was extracted during WWII using from 1,000 to 2,000 forced Korean laborers, drafted under [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese colonial rule of Korea]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Japan and South Korea in row over mines that used forced labour |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/19/japan-and-south-korea-in-row-over-mines-that-used-forced-labour |access-date=29 July 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Japan's mine associated with wartime forced labor listed as UNESCO World Heritage |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/07/113_379447.html |access-date=29 July 2024 |publisher=[[The Korea Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sado Mine Reflects 'History of Forced Labor', Should Be a Trigger for Future-Focused Korea-Japan Relations [Editorial] |url=https://www.mk.co.kr/en/editorial/11078869 |access-date=29 July 2024 |publisher=Mail Business Newspaper}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|reason=The English version of this website uses automatic machine translation; see [[WP:KO/RS]]|date=
The Sado Gold and Silver Mine was inscribed on Japan's World Heritage Tentative List under the title "The Sado Complex of Heritage Mines, Primarily Gold Mines" in 2010. In 2024 they were listed as [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]]s. As part of this process, Japan installed an exhibit acknowledging poor work conditions, but critics allege there are no mentions of [[Japanese war crimes#Forced labor|forced labor]] in the exhibit.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-30 |title=Foreign ministry to check for need to amend Sado mine exhibits on wartime forced labor |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240730050684 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=[[The Korea Herald]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stripped of 'forced' labor history, Sado mines are named a World Heritage |url=https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/1151231.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=[[The Hankyoreh]] |language=en}}</ref>
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