The explosion of a World War II-era bomb at a Japanese airport this week has prompted the government to do a wider search for other possible unexploded bombs at airports that were targeted during the conflict.

Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito said on Friday that the three are Sendai Airport in the northeastern prefecture of Miyagi, Fukuoka Airport in the southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka and Naha Airport in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, which was built in areas where the now-defunct Imperial Japanese military had air bases.

A number of unexploded bombs dropped by the U.S. military during World War II have been unearthed in the area, officials said.

An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II exploded at an airport in Japan Wednesday prompting the cancellation of more than 80 flights.

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An unexploded American bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport has detonated, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries. Land and Transport Ministry officials said there were no aircraft nearby when the bomb exploded at Miyazaki Airport in south-western Japan.

A runway at Miyazaki Airport in southwest Japan was shut down Wednesday following an early-morning explosion that damaged a section of the taxiway, local media reported.

An unexploded bomb dropped during World War II and subsequently buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday morning. This damaged a runway and canceled more than 80 flights, but no one was injured.

A buried World War II-era U.S. bomb detonated unexpectedly on Wednesday at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan, creating a large crater on a taxiway and leading to the cancellation of over 80 flights,