SDF Aircraft Depart for Djibouti to Evacuate Japanese Nationals
Tottori, June 21 (Jiji Press)--Two Japanese Air Self-Defense Force transport aircraft left Japan for Djibouti on Saturday to prepare to evacuate Japanese nationals from Israel and Iran.
The C-2 aircraft took off from the ASDF's Miho base in the western Japan prefecture of Tottori around 2:45 to 3 p.m., heading for the East African country, where the SDF has a base.
At the request of Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani on Thursday ordered the Self-Defense Forces to prepare to transport Japanese nationals amid the escalating Israel-Iran conflict.
Such a transportation mission using SDF aircraft was last conducted in Lebanon last October.
On Friday, the Foreign Ministry said that a total of 87 Japanese nationals and their family members living in Israel and Iran, were evacuated to neighboring countries by Japanese government-chartered buses.
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