The scene at Japan's Miyazaki airport after a US bomb dropped there during World War II blew up on Oct 2. - AFP
TOKYO: 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 on Friday (Oct 4).
The 250-kilogram (550-pound) device blew up on Wednesday at Miyazaki airport -- a former base for "kamikaze" suicide pilots during the war -- shortly after a passenger jet taxied past.
