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

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

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

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

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

A US bomb from World War Two that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded on Wednesday, causing a crater in a taxiway ...

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

TOKYO: Flights resumed at a regional Japanese airport on Thursday (Oct 3) after an unexploded World War II US bomb blew up ...

A shocking explosion shook the grounds of a former World War II naval base adjacent to Miyazaki Airport in Japan. The blast ...

A bomb dating back to the Second World War has exploded at an airport in Japan, narrowly missing a departing Japan Airlines ...