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

The explosion happened near the taxiway of Miyazaki Airport on Wednesday. Authorities said an unexploded 500-pound U.S. bomb ...

An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large ...

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

A U.S. bomb from World War II has exploded at a Japanese airport, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of ...

A World War II bomb exploded at Miyazaki Airport in southeast Japan, disrupting nearly 90 flights. Investigators say the bomb ...

The 500-pound bomb was embedded in the ground under a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwest Japan. The airport’s CCTV cameras captured the blast. While a civilian airport today, the site opened as ...

An unexploded US bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater ...

Flights have resumed at a Japanese airport after a World War II bomb exploded just seconds after a passenger jet had taxied ...

Flights at Japan's Miyazaki Airport resumed after a WWII bomb, buried near the runway, exploded and disrupted operations. The ...