Japan will sweep regional airports for more unexploded ordnance after a bomb dropped by the United States in World War II blew up on a taxiway in the south, the country's transport minister said ...

Hundreds of tons of unexploded bombs from the war remain buried around Japan and are sometimes dug up at construction sites.

The airport was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and targeted by U.S. aircraft during the conflict.

The 500-pound bomb was embedded in the ground under a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwest Japan. The airport’s CCTV cameras captured the blast. While a civilian airport today, the site opened as ...

A 500-pound bomb, believed to have been dropped during World War II, exploded at the Miyazaki Airport in Japan on Wednesday.

An American ordnance from World War II exploded Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, in Miyazaki, Japan. (Civil Aviation College) ...

A World War II bomb exploded at Miyazaki Airport in southeast Japan, disrupting nearly 90 flights. Investigators say the bomb ...

Typhoon Krathon barreled ashore on Taiwan on Thursday packing winds in excess of 100 mph and torrential rain, killing at ...

A bomb, likely from World War Two, explodes near a Japanese runway :: Civil Aviation College:: October 2, 2024:: Miyazaki, ...