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 ...

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 ...

The Japanese government has announced a plan to evacuate residents from Okinawa Prefecture's Sakishima Islands to eight ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO - Japan on March 27 unveiled a plan to evacuate about 120,000 ... but all the country’s islets subject to evacuation are near Taiwan, with Yonaguni Island located only about 100km from ...

Taiwan is viewed as a possible military flashpoint that could draw the United States into conflict with China, posing serious security challenges for Japan, a key U.S. ally in Asia. On Thursday, ...

The 44-island Sakishima chain, part of Okinawa prefecture, stretches southwest of Okinawa island to within 75 miles of Taiwan. Japan in 2023 ... The latest evacuation plan would move 20,000 ...

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 ...