Report of explosion, injury at U.S. Kadena Air Base in Japan's Okinawa
TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - An explosion occurred at an ammunition storage area inside the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, southern Japan, on Monday and there has been a report of an unknown number of injuries, a Yomitan Village official said.
Public broadcaster NHK reported that the facility belonged to Japan's Self Defense Forces and was used to temporarily store unexploded ammunition.
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