Japan has unveiled plans to double the number of underground bomb shelters capable of safeguarding its citizens from missile ...

Amid rising regional tensions with North Korea and China, Japan is bolstering its defense capabilities. The nation plans to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Government has approved plans to double the number of bunkers strong enough to keep people safe from missile attack ...

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 ...

Japan is undergoing a profound shift from postwar pacifism to proactive civil defence, building a nationwide shelter network ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some observers estimate that China will be prepared to invade Taiwan as soon as 2027, and Japan’s ... A revised plan would require provisions for a prolonged evacuation. This would include ...