March 28 (UPI) --Japan Thursday disclosed an evacuation plan for 120,000 residents of islands near Taiwan as it announced an evacuation drill in fiscal 2026. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary ...

Japan Thursday disclosed an emergency evacuation plan for 120,000 people on islands near Taiwan. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the plan will deepen discussions on the ...

An updated plan recently released by the Japanese government details how and where it will move 120,000 people from the country’s long chain of westernmost islands in the event of a military attack or ...

The government published on Thursday an evacuation ... conflict over Taiwan in mind. The plan, which calls for evacuating 20,000 people per day over six days to Japan's main islands using Self ...

TOKYO: The contours of Japan's war plans are becoming clearer as the Defence Ministry in recent weeks launched its Joint Operations Command, or JJOC, and confirmed its first evacuation plans for ...

Exactly what that emergency might be was left unspecified in the plan but it envisages the evacuation of around 120,000 people in five Japanese islets close to Taiwan. Japan’s Yonaguni island lies far ...

Sakishima refers to Japan’s south-westernmost islands nearest Taiwan ... Yamaguchi prefecture. The evacuation would take place over six days, with the plan also spelling out how to secure ...

China-Taiwan tensions are escalating, and Japan is preparing for the worst by unveiling an emergency evacuation plan for 120,000 residents on islands near Taiwan. The plan aims to protect residents ...