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 ...

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 ...

according to the plan. They would then fly to either Fukuoka Airport or Kagoshima Airport, then travel by bus or train to hotels at the final evacuation sites on Kyushu and Honshu, two of Japan ...

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 Yoshimasa ...

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 ...

Japan on Thursday unveiled a plan to evacuate about 120,000 people from southern islets near Taiwan, regarded by China as its territory, in case of an emergency ... before heading to other evacuation ...

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 ...

The Japanese government has ... into four severity levels, issuing evacuation advice for wooden homes with ashfall over 30 cm. Recommendations include emergency supplies for at least one week ...

The government claims the plan is not aimed at any particular scenario, but all the country's islets subject to evacuation ... Japan's move is intended to prepare for a potential "Taiwan emergency ...