TOKYO -- Japan will inspect airports built on former military airfields for old explosive devices, the transportation ministry said Thursday, a day after a suspected World War II-era bomb exploded under the taxiway at Miyazaki Airport.
The initiative will focus on sites that were targeted during WWII air raids and where unexploded ordinances were previously found. Naha Airport in Okinawa, where unexploded bombs were discovered in 2020, is expected to be on the list, which will include only airports managed by the central government.
