An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no ...

Bomb disposal personnel from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force determined that the explosion was caused by an American 500-pound bomb that was likely dropped during a World War II air raid.

Dozens of times a year, Rebun Kayo takes a ferry to a small island across from the port of Hiroshima in search of the remains ...

Japanese soldiers defused a U.S.-made bomb believed to be a World War II leftover at a historic villa in Okinawa’s capital ...

An explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers, though the injuries are not life-threatening, ...

A defence ministry spokesman also confirmed reports of an explosion at Kadena Air Base, located on the main island of the ...

Nearly 80 years after they were captured and killed in the final days of World War II, dozens of U.S. airmen were honored with a solemn ceremony.

The blast occurred while the soldiers, who specialise in handling explosives, were working at the storage facility for unexploded World War II ordnance, authorities said.

FUKUOKA, Japan - “Eighty years ago today, (my father, Lt. Kentaro Toji) was one of the executioners in an incident involving ...

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. As fears over global nuclear warfare rise once more, Hiroshima survivor Chieko Kiriake has shared her harrowing account of the day that will forever haunt her, with a des ...

Okinawa marked the day when one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island ended 80 years ago ...

President Donald Trump Wednesday likened Washington’s strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities to the US dropping of atomic bombs ...