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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Fixed-point camera footage captures an explosion that occurred on the taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan on Oct. 2, 2024. (Photo courtesy of the Civil Aviation College)(Kyodo)

Runway closed at Japan's Miyazaki Airport after dud shell explodes on taxiway

MIYAZAKI (Kyodo) -- A dud shell exploded on a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan on Wednesday morning, forcing the closure of its runwa Full article

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After being elected as prime minister by the Diet, LDP President Shigeru Ishiba enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024. (Mainichi/Yuki Miyatake)

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Toshikazu Hashimoto and Colleen Schmuckal perform a Shinto-style wedding ceremony at the facility displaying items and information about Hanawa Bayashi, a traditional Japanese performing art, in the city of Kazuno, Akita Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2024. (Hikoshi Tamura) =Click/tap photo for more images.

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Toshiaki Shirai, chief of Kyoto Prefectural Police, speaks of his ambitions at his inaugural press conference, at the prefectural police headquarters in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward on March 30, 2023. (Mainichi/Reiko Nakajima)

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