Japan Sending Military Aircraft to Support Evacuation of Citizens From Israel

Japan’s government is also arranging a charter flight to help Japanese citizens leave Israel.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the first day of the three-day G7 summit at Schloss Elmau, Germany on June 26, 2022. Sean Gallup/Pool/Getty Images

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday that his country will dispatch military aircraft to Djibouti to facilitate the safe evacuation of around 1,300 Japanese citizens from war-torn Israel.

Mr. Kishida told reporters that Japan will send a Self-Defense Forces aircraft to Djibouti after completing all the “necessary arrangements” to support the evacuation, The Yomiuri Shimbun reported.