US EditionSeveral Japanese military members injured in explosion at U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa
- An explosion injured four Japanese soldiers at an unexploded ordnance storage site at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa on Monday, June 9, 2025.
- The soldiers were inspecting wartime unexploded bombs found on Okinawa, which has many such munitions remaining from World War II's 1945 Battle of Okinawa.
- Around mid-morning, an explosion happened while soldiers were removing rust from the devices, resulting in finger injuries that officials described as non-life-threatening.
- Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi stated, "We will proceed with the disposal steadily," as teams have recently dealt with almost 22 tons of unexploded World War II munitions on Okinawa.
- The incident is the first such accident since Japan's 1974 unexploded ordnance disposal unit launch and highlights the ongoing risk from about 1,856 tons of buried U.S. Bombs on Okinawa.
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Four members of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force were injured this Monday following an unexploded ordnance explosion while carrying out bomb deactivation work at Kadena Air Base, the U.S.’s main military facility in Asia-Pacific, which it shares with the Japanese Navy. READ ALSO Japan could get rid of Treasury bonds if Trump does not review its tariffs The incident occurred at 1130 local time in a temporary unexploded ordnance warehouse run by …
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent, Worthy News TOKYO (Worthy News) – An explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers, in the first such accident in decades, the military said. While not life-threatening, the four soldiers sustained finger injuries when working at a facility that belongs to Okinawa prefecture and temporarily store…
An explosion at a Japan Self-Defense Forces weapons depot inside the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in southern Japan's Okinawa Prefecture has injured four people. It is believed to be an unexploded World War II-era bomb.
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TOKYO — An explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers, though the injuries are not life-threatening, officials said Monday.The four soldiers sustained finger injuries while working at a facility that belongs to Okinawa prefecture and temporarily stores unexploded ordnance, mostly from wartime and found on the island, local officials said. One of…
A powerful explosion rocked a warehouse at a US air base on the Japanese island of Okinawa on Monday morning, injuring at least four soldiers, local media sources said.
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