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The Tomioka silk mill was one of the earliest and most major [[silk]] reeling factories to be established in [[Meiji period]] Japan, pioneering a shift in the Japanese silk industry towards the widespread use of modern/Western techniques and technologies. Located in [[Gunma prefecture]], the mill is today a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]].
A strike conducted by the silk mill's workers in [[1898]] is oft-cited as a notable example of the grueling labor practices of the time, and the beginnings of a modern labor movement in Japan.
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