{"id":172486,"date":"2025-07-30T15:21:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172486&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:21:29","slug":"grenade-found-near-kitakyushu-apartment","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/grenade-found-near-kitakyushu-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"Grenade Found Near Kitakyushu Apartment, Residents Evacuated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A suspected hand grenade was discovered on a slope near an apartment building in Moji Ward, Kitakyushu, on the afternoon of July 29. A worker clearing grass spotted the rusted object, approximately 11 cm long and 5.5 cm in diameter. Police called in the Ground Self-Defense Force\u2019s unexploded ordnance unit, which confirmed it had a fuse and safely removed it around 4:30 p.m. Residents in the surrounding area were temporarily evacuated. The site is about 1.7 km northeast of JR Mojiko Station in a residential neighborhood. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250729\/5010029148.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172487\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_moji-grenade_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C816&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A suspected hand grenade was discovered on a slope near an apartment building in Moji Ward, Kitakyushu, on the afternoon of July 29. A worker clearing grass spotted the rusted object, approximately 11 cm long and 5.5 cm in diameter\" width=\"1400\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_moji-grenade_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_moji-grenade_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_moji-grenade_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_moji-grenade_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C448&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A suspected hand grenade was discovered on a slope near an apartment building in Moji Ward, Kitakyushu, on the afternoon of July 29&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172486","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/172486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}