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

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

The explosion of a World War II-era bomb at a Japanese airport this week has prompted the government to do a wider search for ...

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 U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport has exploded, causing a large crater in ...

A bomb dropped by the US in World War II blew up on Oct 2 shortly after a passenger jet taxied past. Read more at ...

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

The crater created at Miyazaki airport in south-western Japan measured 7 metres wide and 1 metre deep. No injuries were ...

Japan will sweep regional airports for more unexploded ordnance after a bomb dropped by the United States in World War II blew up on a taxiway in the south, the country's transport minister said ...

The runway at Miyazaki Airport in southwest Japan was closed Wednesday after an explosion on a taxiway, although no injuries ...