02/12/2024 Giappone, Kyūshū, Ryūkyū, Okinawa
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”
By BRIAN MCELHINEY AND KEISHI KOJA
Japanese divers working magnetic surveys for the government at two sites on Okinawa discovered 20 pieces of unexploded ordnance believed to be left over from World War II. Most recently, divers found a 5-inch shell on Nov. 26 in 52-foot waters where the Naha Military Port replacement facility is expected to be built, a spokesman with Urasoe city’s Disaster Prevention and Crisis Management Division said by phone Monday. It is the first unexploded ordnance found at the site, he said. The discovery follows others made recently at the commercial port in Naha city. Divers discovered another 19 pieces of ordnance underwater near Naha Port, a spokesman for the city’s Disaster Prevention and Crisis Management Division said by phone Monday. In March, divers surveying the area ahead of dredging work found three 276-pound bombs, he said. Between October and November, divers surveying a different area near the port prior to soil improvement work discovered seven 5-inch bombs, one 4-inch bomb, one 3-inch bomb and seven 81-mm shells, he said. They are stored “in a safe place within the harbor” and “will be detonated later, most likely in March,” the spokesman said. The shell discovered in Urasoe city is also stored there, he said. On Friday, disposal experts defused and relocated two WWII-era bombs discovered in October on an island southwest of Okinawa.
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