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WWII shell removed from island adjacent to Okinawa airport
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be left over from World War II on a ...
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From shells to surfboards: How wildlife has adapted to plastic
A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating plastic yellow measuring spoon. The crab is far from alone. Plastic waste has ...
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U.S. seeking explosives in Japan for Ukraine artillery shells--sources
The United States is seeking to secure supplies of TNT in Japan for 155-mm artillery shells, as Washington rushes weapons and ammunition to Ukraine for a counteroffensive against Russian forces ...
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Suspected artillery shell found in waters near Matsuyama, western Japan
Japan's Coast Guard says a fisher has found what ... and found what looked like an artillery shell with a diameter of about 15 centimeters and a length of around 80 centimeters.
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Japanese troops defuse WWII-era American shell at Okinawa construction site
Japanese troops removed and defused an American shell believed to be from WWII at a construction site in Naha, Okinawa.
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Shell bead from Okinawa Japan’s oldest painted ornament
NAHA--Researchers in Okinawa Prefecture have confirmed the discovery of the oldest artificially colored ornament ever found in Japan ... on Oct. 21 about a shell bead unearthed in a dig at ...