Ground Self-Defense Force members removed an unexploded U.S. bomb likely dropped during World War II from the site of a future university campus here on Nov. 6.
Officials called for the evacuations of around 3,750 residents in about 2,200 households living in the “high-risk zone” within a radius of 300 meters of the site. Around 100 locals stayed at a temporary shelter.
One road leading to the site was blocked for about 1 hour and 40 minutes during the removal work on Nov. 6.
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Source: Asahi Shimbun