Abstract：In the history of imperialist's invasion to China in modern times, Japan occupied the most coal mines, ruled the longest time and with the most furious means. During the time between Treaty of Shimonoseki's sign and Japan's surrender, to meet the demands of Japanese industrial construction and expansion, Japan built a batch of aggression institutions after careful exploration of Chinese coal mine resource, and occupied more than a hundred coal mines in Taiwan, Northeast, North China, Central China and the Middle-South area, thus plundered a large amount of coal, and caused millions of Chinese coal miners casualties, which brought about serious destruction of local geologic structure and ecological environment.

Keyword：modern Japan;Chinese coal mine;occupation;