Metal Projectiles Fired at U.S. Base

Two pieces of metal were fired from small steel pipes toward a U.S. military base on the outskirts of Tokyo in what Japanese police suspect was attempted sabotage by leftist radicals. There were no reports of injuries or damage inside or outside Yokota Air Base, although one projectile landed near a runway. Police were still searching to find out where the other landed. Authorities suspected that radicals opposed to this month’s meeting of the Group of 8 in Okinawa might have been behind the firing of the steel pipes. Leaders from the United States, Japan, Russia, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada will hold a three-day summit starting July 21.