Japan is working on plan to help the nearly 60,000 of its citizens currently in South Korea in the event of a war with North Korea, Newsmax reports.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reportedly spoke with lawmakers Monday and said the possibility of tensions between North Korea and the West boiling over is growing more likely.
“There is a possibility of further provocations. We need to remain extremely vigilant and do everything we can to ensure the safety of our people.” Abe said.
Keeping the Japanese citizens currently in South Korea safe if the United States conducts a military strike on North Korea would involve an evacuation plan, even before a planned strike occurs, which would likely tip off the North Koreans.
“If the U.S. 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,” Abe noted.
North Korea has conducted multiple missile tests this year, and over the weekend it tested a nuclear weapon underground, with President Donald Trump calling the isolated nation’s actions “very hostile and dangerous.”
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