TOKYO: An explosion occurred at a Japanese army facility inside a United States air base in Okinawa, officers advised AFP, with native media reporting non-life-threatening accidents.
A defence ministry spokesman mentioned they’d obtained stories of an explosion on the Japan Self-Protection Forces (SDF) facility inside Kadena Air Base within the southern Japanese area.
Jiji Press and different native media mentioned 4 accidents had been reported however none had been life-threatening.
Public broadcaster NHK mentioned, citing unnamed defence ministry sources, that the explosion could have occurred at a brief storage website for unexploded bombs, with officers making an attempt to verify the state of affairs.
“We have heard there was an explosion on the SDF facility and likewise heard there have been accidents however we do not have additional particulars,” Yuta Matsuda, a neighborhood official of Yomitan village in Okinawa, advised AFP.
