Explosion reported at US air base in Japan


The first gate of the US military’s Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. - Yomiuri Shimbun file

TOKYO: An explosion occurred at a Japanese military facility inside a US air base in Okinawa, officials told AFP, with local media reporting non-life-threatening injuries.

A defence ministry spokesman said they had received reports of an explosion at the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) facility inside Kadena Air Base in the southern Japanese region.

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