The airport was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and targeted by U.S. aircraft during the conflict.

MIYAZAKI—Dangerous reminders of Miyazaki Airport's past as a former Imperial Japanese Navy air base during World War II ...

Flights at Japan's Miyazaki Airport resumed after a WWII bomb, buried near the runway, exploded and disrupted operations. The ...

A U.S. bomb from World War II has exploded at a Japanese airport, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of ...

Hundreds of tons of unexploded bombs from the war remain buried around Japan and are sometimes dug up at construction sites.

A runway at Miyazaki Airport in southwest Japan was shut down Wednesday following an early-morning explosion that damaged a ...

Miyazaki Airport in Japan resumed operations on Thursday after a World War II-era bomb exploded near the runway, creating a ...

The explosion happened near the taxiway of Miyazaki Airport on Wednesday. Authorities said an unexploded 500-pound U.S. bomb ...

An unexploded U.S. bomb detonates at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan on Wednesday, creating a significant crater in ...

A World War II bomb exploded at Miyazaki Airport in southeast Japan, disrupting nearly 90 flights. Investigators say the bomb ...

The explosion occurred on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at Miyazaki Airport, a former Imperial Japanese Navy base built in 1943 ...

An airport in southwestern Japan has resumed near-normal operations, one day after a blast left a hole in a taxiway.