[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: "Safer method for disposing of ordnance being used in Okinawa, " Japan

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Safer method for disposing of ordnance being used in Okinawa

By TAKASHI WATANABE
Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
January 29, 2024 

GINOWAN, Okinawa Prefecture--A new method has been introduced for the central government disposing of unexploded ordnance left behind from the bloody Battle of Okinawa near the end of World War II.

The central government hopes the method, which uses a capsule-type container, will greatly reduce the evacuation scope of nearby residents in case of an accidental explosion during the work.

The new method was introduced at the Ginowan seaside park site on Jan. 28.

The Ground Self-Defense Force stored unexploded ordnance in a special steel container, manufactured by Kobe Steel Ltd., in the back of a truck.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15136583

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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