Japan Thursday disclosed an evacuation plan for 120,000 residents of islands near Taiwan as it announced an evacuation drill in fiscal 2026. The contingency plans are in case of an emergency.

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 ...

The government unveiled its plan ... evacuation plan “does not assume a particular incident,” officials within the government privately acknowledged that it was created with a potential Taiwan ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With tensions between China and Taiwan escalating, the Japanese government ... before heading to other evacuation destinations. The government says the plan is not aimed at any particular scenario ...