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

The explosion happened near the taxiway of Miyazaki Airport on Wednesday. Authorities said an unexploded 500-pound U.S. bomb ...

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

A bomb from World War II exploded at the Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan on Wednesday. No one was injured but more ...

An American bomb from World War II buried beneath a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, cratering a taxiway and forcing the ...

A World War II bomb exploded from beneath an airport in Japan on Wednesday, canceling over 80 flights. The blast left a large ...

The explosion occurred on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Miyazaki Airport, a former Imperial Japanese Navy base built in 1943 ...

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

A U.S. bomb from World War II has exploded at a Japanese airport, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of ...

An unexploded American bomb from World War II exploded after more than 8 decades at the Japanese airport on Wednesday, ...

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 ...