Japan is planning for a possible mass evacuation of the nearly 60,000 Japanese citizens currently living in or visiting South Korea in the wake of North…
Japan is planning for a possible mass evacuation of the nearly 60,000 Japanese citizens currently living in or visiting South Korea in the wake of North Korea’s latest nuclear weapons test.
“There is a possibility of further provocations, ” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Monday at a meeting with lawmakers, the Nikkei Asian Review reported .
“We need to remain extremely vigilant and do everything we can to ensure the safety of our people.”
There are roughly 38,000 long-term Japanese people living in South Korea, as well as another 19,000 or so tourists and other travelers.
“If the US decided on a military strike against the North, the Japanese government would start moving toward an evacuation on its own accord regardless of whether the American plans are public, ” a Japanese government source told the website.
