An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II suddenly detonated ... site since the war, suddenly exploded although there were no aircraft nearby, according to Japan's Land and Transport Ministry.

Officials said the explosion was caused by a World War II US bomb that remained buried ... away from the explosion site. A bomb disposal team from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force was rushed ...

A long-buried World War Two bomb exploded ... says the US military carried out an air raid on the airfield in 1945. After that, US forces seized the land. It was later returned to Japan and ...

Brian McElhiney is a reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Okinawa, Japan. He has worked as a music reporter and editor for ...

Set to detonate about an hour to a week after impact, a bomb dropped in the later stages of World War II didn't explode for ... airfield taxiway when it exploded underground on Oct. 2 was a ...

The Pearl Harbor attack sparked outrage across the U.S. and led the nation to enter World War II, declaring war on the Empire ...

Saturday, December 7, marks the 83rd anniversary of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, a U.S. naval base on the island ...

Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo accepted its Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, pleading for the abolition of ...

Japan's Nihon Hidankyo on Tuesday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Japanese survivors of the two atomic bombs ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese ordnance disposal experts plan to defuse two suspected World War II-era ... the bombs while making a magnetic survey of the property. Last month, Japan started ...