Explosion at a US air base in southern Japan injures four Japanese soldiers

A Japan Self-Defence Forces vehicle enters an area of ammunition store in the town of Yomitanson, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Monday, June 9, 2025. A yellow sign reads "Bomb Disposal." -- Kyodo News via AP

TOKYO (AP): An explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a US military base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers, though the injuries are not life-threatening, officials said Monday.

The four soldiers sustained finger injuries while working at a facility that belongs to Okinawa prefecture and temporarily stores unexploded ordnance, mostly from wartime and found on the island, local officials said.