Article: Several Japanese military members injured in explosion at US Kadena Air Base in Okinawa

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Jun 9, 2025

Several Japanese military members injured in explosion at US Kadena Air Base in Okinawa

PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative photo — The control tower on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Japan, March 25, 2025. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Raymond LaChance via U.S. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)

TOKYO - Several Japanese Self-Defense Force members were injured on Monday in an explosion at an ammunition storage area inside the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, southern Japan, defence ministry officials said.

None of the injuries were life-threatening, one of the officials said.

The facility is used to temporarily store unexploded ammunition.

(Reporting by Kaori Kaneko, Satoshi Sugiyama and Nobuhiro Kubo; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim // REUTERS)

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