Japanese troops to defuse unexploded WWII bombs found near commercial airport


Japanese ordnance disposal experts plan to defuse two suspected World War II-era bombs found last month on Miyakojima, a popular tourist spot 170 miles southwest of Okinawa.

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s 101st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit expect to defuse the 551-pound bombs on Nov. 29, a spokesman for the Miyakojima city Disaster Prevention and Crisis Management Division said by phone Tuesday. The bombs will then be moved to a warehouse on the island, a spokesman for the Ground Self-Defense Force said by phone Tuesday.

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Source: Stars and Stripes


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