An explosion occurred at the US military's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. The incident took place at a Self-Defense Forces ammunition depot. Four Japanese soldiers sustained injuries. They were handling unexploded ordnance.

An explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers, though the injuries are not life-threatening,

An explosion near the US military's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa injured four Japan Ground Self-Defence Force members. Occurring during disposal operations, the blast caused finger lacerations and possible hearing damage.