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Explosion shakes Okinawa wharf as Japan clears unexploded WWII ordnance
Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit set off ...
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‘Huge’ Unexploded WWII Bomb Discovered Under Train Tracks, Causing Major Traffic Disruption in France
500 Lb. Bomb From World War 2 Explodes at Airport in Japan, Creating Massive Crater GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty The “really huge” bomb could potentially be a “serious threat to ...
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'This could be you': After ally's passing, Japan A-Bomb survivor continues speaking out
(Mainichi/Yoshiyuki Hirakawa) A little over a month earlier, it had been announced that the Nobel Peace Prize would be awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers ...
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Unearthed WWII Bomb Shuts Down Europe's Busiest Train Station
A 500-pound bomb exploded at an airport in southwest Japan last October. The civilian airport was formerly a kamikaze base for the Imperial Japanese Navy. However, the explosion was completely ...
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Unexploded WWII Bomb Disrupts Paris Train Traffic, Forcing Major Delays
In October, a 500-pound (227-kg) American bomb from the Second World War abruptly exploded under a taxiway of Japan’s Miyazaki Airport, injuring no one but causing the cancellations of more than ...
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Japan's Chubu Airport turns 20, struggles to recover inbound passengers
NAGOYA, Japan -- Boosting international operations is a priority for Japan's Chubu Airport which celebrated its 20th anniversary on Feb. 17. Although the airport in central Japan's Aichi ...