TOKYO: Japan's Narita airport briefly closed one of its two runways on Thursday after what is suspected to be an unexploded shell was found buried nearby, officials said.

Local police cleared the suspicious object and there were no flight cancellations, as one runway operated as normal during the three-hour closure, officials added.

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