WWII-era US bomb explodes at a Japanese airport

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WWII-era US ***** explodes at a ********* airport

An unexploded US ***** from World War II that had been ******* at a ********* airport has exploded, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries, ********* officials say.

Land and Transport Ministry officials said there were no aircraft nearby when the ***** exploded at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan.

Officials said an investigation by the Self-Defense Forces and police confirmed that the ********** was caused by a 225kg US ***** and there was no further danger.

They were determining what caused its sudden detonation.

A video recorded by a nearby aviation school showed the blast spewing pieces of asphalt into the air like a fountain.

Videos broadcast on ********* television showed a crater in the taxiway reportedly about 7 metres in diameter and 1 metre deep.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said more than 80 flights had been cancelled at the airport, which hopes to resume operations on Thursday morning.

Miyazaki Airport was built in 1943 as a former Imperial ********* Navy flight training field from which some kamikaze pilots took off on ******** ******* missions.

A number of unexploded ****** dropped by the US military during World War II have been unearthed in the area, Defence Ministry officials said.

Hundreds of tonnes of unexploded ****** from the war remain ******* around Japan and are sometimes dug up at construction sites.

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