Officials investigate explosions near U.S. base in Japan

Wednesday, November 20, 2002

TOKYO -- Japanese police investigating two loud blasts outside a U.S. military base said Tuesday they found a metal projectile and a crude mortar made from a metal pipe, suggesting leftist radicals may have targeted the base.

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