Japanese government prepares for possible Israel, Iran evacuations
The Japanese government is making arrangements for Self-Defense Forces aircraft to be kept on standby at an SDF hub in Djibouti, northeast Africa, to evacuate Japanese citizens and their families who are currently in Iran or Israel.
The foreign ministry says roughly 1,000 Japanese nationals are in Israel and 280 in Iran.
As airports in the two countries have been shut down, the government will conduct evacuation operations for those who wish to leave the countries by land.
Under the plan, those wishing to leave Israel or Iran will respectively board buses in those countries as early as Thursday to head for a neighboring country. The government aims to carry out the evacuations swiftly while keeping an eye on developments in the countries.
In addition, the government has begun preparing to send SDF aircraft to possibly evacuate people who are unable to do so by land if airports in Israel or Iran reopen.
Specifically, C-2 transport aircraft will be dispatched to Djibouti to be on standby.
Defense Minister Nakatani Gen will make the order as early as Thursday following a request by Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi.
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