Tokyo authorities find unexploded bomb
Thousands of residents were evacuated in Tokyo yesterday while authorities dug up an unexploded 550-pound bomb, believed to have been dropped by the United States during World War II, a local official said.
The bomb, about 14 inches in diameter and 47 inches long, was detected earlier this month in a residential area in Tokyo's Katsushika ward by Self-Defence Force investigators, said Katsushika spokesman Takanori Kato.
About 3,900 residents within a 985-feet radius of the site were evacuated for 1.5 hours while troops removed the bomb, according to Kato.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The evacuation came after a diver found 59 unexploded shells in waters near Tokyo on Friday, believed to have been left by Japan's former Imperial Army.
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