Tokyo, Oct 4, 2024 (AFP) - Japan to sweep airports after WWII bomb blast

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2024-10-04

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 Friday. The 250-kilogram (550-pound) device blew up on Wednesday at Miyazaki airport -- a former base for "kamikaze" suicide pilots during the war -- shortly after a passenger jet taxied past. Footage obtained by AFP showed a plume of soil blasting at lea......

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