{"id":39951,"date":"2025-06-09T17:07:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/06\/09\/explosion-at-kadena-air-base-injures-4-japanese-troops\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:26:47","slug":"explosion-at-kadena-air-base-injures-4-japanese-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2025\/06\/09\/explosion-at-kadena-air-base-injures-4-japanese-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion at Kadena Air Base injures 4 Japanese troops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOKYO \u2014 An explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/air\/2022\/11\/07\/f-22s-arrive-at-kadena-as-aging-f-15s-prepare-to-depart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/air\/2022\/11\/07\/f-22s-arrive-at-kadena-as-aging-f-15s-prepare-to-depart\/\">U.S. military base<\/a> on Japan\u2019s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers, though the injuries are not life-threatening, officials said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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. One of the harshest battles of World War II was fought on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/military-history\/2025\/03\/08\/okinawan-bone-digger-searches-for-remains-from-wwii-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/military-history\/2025\/03\/08\/okinawan-bone-digger-searches-for-remains-from-wwii-battle\/\">Okinawa<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prefectural officials said the injuries were not life-threatening, but no other details were immediately known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Air Force said in a statement that the explosion occurred at the facility managed by the Okinawa prefectural government at Kadena Air Base\u2019s munitions storage area. It said no U.S. service members were involved in the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Self-Defense Force\u2019s joint staff said one of the devices suddenly exploded when the soldiers were inspecting it at the facility. The blast occurred when the soldiers were trying to remove rust, NHK television reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The SDF said they are trying to confirm what caused the accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday\u2019s accident was believed to be the first ever since the 1974 launch of the Japanese army\u2019s unexploded ordnance disposal unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of tons of unexploded wartime bombs, many of them dropped by the U.S. military, remain buried around Japan and are sometimes dug up at construction sites and elsewhere. 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