Area8 YAWATA

The buildings of The Imperial Steel Works, Japan at Yawata Works NSSMC are the surviving components of Asia's first successful integrated iron and steel works: the State-run Imperial Steel Works opened in 1901. It is located in the northernmost part of Fukuoka Prefecture, the north end of Kyushu, 8 km south of Hibiki-Nada Seashore close to the continent of China.Their present-day setting is still a working industrial landscape set in the southeastern section of NSSMC Yawata Works which, for over a century, has consistently maintained a leading role in the Japanese steel industry. NSSCM, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation is one of the world leading steel manufacturers.