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ASDF plane departs for Djibouti

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force C-2 transport aircraft prepares to take off at Miho Air Base in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 21, 2025, heading to Djibouti in the Horn of Africa for a possible evacuation of Japanese nationals from the Middle East.

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ASDF plane departs for Djibouti

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force C-2 transport aircraft takes off at Miho Air Base in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 21, 2025, heading to Djibouti in the Horn of Africa for a possible evacuation of Japanese nationals from the Middle East.

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ASDF plane departs for Djibouti

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force C-2 transport aircraft prepares to take off at Miho Air Base in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on June 21, 2025, heading to Djibouti in the Horn of Africa for a possible evacuation of Japanese nationals from the Middle East.

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Japan: Tsunami Warning Issued For Okinawa After Strong Earthquake Hits Taiwan 3

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) urged residents around Okinawa Island, Miyakojima Island, and Yaeyama Island to evacuate immediately, warning of high waves up to 3 meters (9.8 ft). This video shows a tsunami warning being announced in Japanese and English near the U.S. military base in Chatan, Okinawa.

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Spanish Nationals Arrives From Gaza - Madrid

Several people who have been evacuated from Gaza upon their arrival at Torrejón Air Base, November 16, 2023, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain. The citizens have arrived in a T-24 (Airbus A330) aircraft of the Air and Space Army coming from Cairo airport (Egypt). A group of 29 citizens with Spanish passports left Gaza yesterday. Added to those who managed to leave the Strip last Monday and Tuesday, this brings to 143 the number of evacuees, which also includes relatives of the Spanish-Palestinians. With this last departure, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concludes this phase of the evacuation operation from the Strip. An Air Force plane has picked up all of them in Cairo to be transferred to Spain. Photo by Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Nationals Arrives From Gaza - Madrid

Several people who have been evacuated from Gaza upon their arrival at Torrejón Air Base, November 16, 2023, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain. The citizens have arrived in a T-24 (Airbus A330) aircraft of the Air and Space Army coming from Cairo airport (Egypt). A group of 29 citizens with Spanish passports left Gaza yesterday. Added to those who managed to leave the Strip last Monday and Tuesday, this brings to 143 the number of evacuees, which also includes relatives of the Spanish-Palestinians. With this last departure, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concludes this phase of the evacuation operation from the Strip. An Air Force plane has picked up all of them in Cairo to be transferred to Spain. Photo by Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Nationals Arrives From Gaza - Madrid

Women evacuated from Gaza upon their arrival at Torrejón Air Base, November 16, 2023, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain. The citizens have arrived in a T-24 (Airbus A330) aircraft of the Air and Space Army coming from Cairo airport (Egypt). A group of 29 citizens with Spanish passports left Gaza yesterday. Added to those who managed to leave the Strip last Monday and Tuesday, this brings to 143 the number of evacuees, which also includes relatives of the Spanish-Palestinians. With this last departure, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concludes this phase of the evacuation operation from the Strip. An Air Force plane has picked up all of them in Cairo to be transferred to Spain. Photo by Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Nationals Arrives From Gaza - Madrid

Several people who have been evacuated from Gaza upon their arrival at Torrejón Air Base, November 16, 2023, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain. The citizens have arrived in a T-24 (Airbus A330) aircraft of the Air and Space Army coming from Cairo airport (Egypt). A group of 29 citizens with Spanish passports left Gaza yesterday. Added to those who managed to leave the Strip last Monday and Tuesday, this brings to 143 the number of evacuees, which also includes relatives of the Spanish-Palestinians. With this last departure, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concludes this phase of the evacuation operation from the Strip. An Air Force plane has picked up all of them in Cairo to be transferred to Spain. Photo by Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Nationals Arrives From Gaza - Madrid

A woman evacuated from Gaza on her arrival at Torrejón Air Base, November 16, 2023, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain. The citizens have arrived in a T-24 (Airbus A330) aircraft of the Air and Space Army from Cairo airport (Egypt). A group of 29 citizens with Spanish passports left Gaza yesterday. Added to those who managed to leave the Strip last Monday and Tuesday, this brings to 143 the number of evacuees, which also includes relatives of the Spanish-Palestinians. With this last departure, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concludes this phase of the evacuation operation from the Strip. An Air Force plane has picked up all of them in Cairo to be transferred to Spain. Photo by Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Nationals Arrives From Gaza - Madrid

Several people who have been evacuated from Gaza upon their arrival at Torrejón Air Base, November 16, 2023, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain. The citizens have arrived in a T-24 (Airbus A330) aircraft of the Air and Space Army coming from Cairo airport (Egypt). A group of 29 citizens with Spanish passports left Gaza yesterday. Added to those who managed to leave the Strip last Monday and Tuesday, this brings to 143 the number of evacuees, which also includes relatives of the Spanish-Palestinians. With this last departure, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concludes this phase of the evacuation operation from the Strip. An Air Force plane has picked up all of them in Cairo to be transferred to Spain. Photo by Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Nationals Arrives From Gaza - Madrid

Several people who have been evacuated from Gaza upon their arrival at Torrejón Air Base, November 16, 2023, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain. The citizens have arrived in a T-24 (Airbus A330) aircraft of the Air and Space Army coming from Cairo airport (Egypt). A group of 29 citizens with Spanish passports left Gaza yesterday. Added to those who managed to leave the Strip last Monday and Tuesday, this brings to 143 the number of evacuees, which also includes relatives of the Spanish-Palestinians. With this last departure, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concludes this phase of the evacuation operation from the Strip. An Air Force plane has picked up all of them in Cairo to be transferred to Spain. Photo by Ricardo Rubio/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan ASDF plane heads for Djibouti

KOMAKI, Japan, Oct. 14 Kyodo - The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's KC767 refueling and transport airplane leaves the ASDF's Komaki base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 14, 2023, flying to Djibouti in East Africa to prepare for possible airlifting of Japanese nationals from Israel, where tensions are rising following Palestinian militant group Hamas's massive attack a week ago. (Kyodo)

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GREECE-NEA ANCHIALOS-WILDFIRES-EVACUATION

(230727) -- NEA ANCHIALOS (GREECE), July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A firefighter battles a wildfire in Nea Anchialos town, Volos, Greece, on July 27, 2023. Wildfires raging across parts of Greece has forced the evacuation of an air force base at the seaside town of Nea Anchialos, near the port city of Volos, as well as 12 settlements in the area, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Thursday. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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GREECE-NEA ANCHIALOS-WILDFIRES-EVACUATION

(230727) -- NEA ANCHIALOS (GREECE), July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Residents and visitors are evacuated as a wildfire rages in Nea Anchialos town, Volos, Greece, on July 27, 2023. Wildfires raging across parts of Greece has forced the evacuation of an air force base at the seaside town of Nea Anchialos, near the port city of Volos, as well as 12 settlements in the area, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Thursday. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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GREECE-NEA ANCHIALOS-WILDFIRES-EVACUATION

(230727) -- NEA ANCHIALOS (GREECE), July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters and a volunteer battle a wildfire in Nea Anchialos town, Volos, Greece, on July 27, 2023. Wildfires raging across parts of Greece has forced the evacuation of an air force base at the seaside town of Nea Anchialos, near the port city of Volos, as well as 12 settlements in the area, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Thursday. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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GREECE-NEA ANCHIALOS-WILDFIRES-EVACUATION

(230727) -- NEA ANCHIALOS (GREECE), July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Residents and visitors are evacuated as a wildfire rages in Nea Anchialos town, Volos, Greece, on July 27, 2023. Wildfires raging across parts of Greece has forced the evacuation of an air force base at the seaside town of Nea Anchialos, near the port city of Volos, as well as 12 settlements in the area, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Thursday. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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GREECE-NEA ANCHIALOS-WILDFIRES-EVACUATION

(230727) -- NEA ANCHIALOS (GREECE), July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Residents and visitors are evacuated as a wildfire rages in Nea Anchialos town, Volos, Greece, on July 27, 2023. Wildfires raging across parts of Greece has forced the evacuation of an air force base at the seaside town of Nea Anchialos, near the port city of Volos, as well as 12 settlements in the area, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Thursday. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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GREECE-NEA ANCHIALOS-WILDFIRES-EVACUATION

(230727) -- NEA ANCHIALOS (GREECE), July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters and a volunteer battle a wildfire in Nea Anchialos town, Volos, Greece, on July 27, 2023. Wildfires raging across parts of Greece has forced the evacuation of an air force base at the seaside town of Nea Anchialos, near the port city of Volos, as well as 12 settlements in the area, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Thursday. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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GREECE-NEA ANCHIALOS-WILDFIRES-EVACUATION

(230727) -- NEA ANCHIALOS (GREECE), July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 27, 2023 shows wildfires burning in Nea Anchialos town, Volos, Greece. Wildfires raging across parts of Greece has forced the evacuation of an air force base at the seaside town of Nea Anchialos, near the port city of Volos, as well as 12 settlements in the area, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Thursday. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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GREECE-NEA ANCHIALOS-WILDFIRES-EVACUATION

(230727) -- NEA ANCHIALOS (GREECE), July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A firefighting helicopter douses a wildfire in Nea Anchialos town, Volos, Greece, on July 27, 2023. Wildfires raging across parts of Greece has forced the evacuation of an air force base at the seaside town of Nea Anchialos, near the port city of Volos, as well as 12 settlements in the area, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Thursday. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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GREECE-NEA ANCHIALOS-WILDFIRES-EVACUATION

(230727) -- NEA ANCHIALOS (GREECE), July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Residents and visitors are evacuated as a wildfire rages in Nea Anchialos town, Volos, Greece, on July 27, 2023. Wildfires raging across parts of Greece has forced the evacuation of an air force base at the seaside town of Nea Anchialos, near the port city of Volos, as well as 12 settlements in the area, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Thursday. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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GREECE-NEA ANCHIALOS-WILDFIRES-EVACUATION

(230727) -- NEA ANCHIALOS (GREECE), July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A firefighter tries to put out a fire that threatens a building in Nea Anchialos town, Volos, Greece, on July 27, 2023. Wildfires raging across parts of Greece has forced the evacuation of an air force base at the seaside town of Nea Anchialos, near the port city of Volos, as well as 12 settlements in the area, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Thursday. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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Japan orders pullout of ASDF planes on evacuation mission in S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan, July 22 Kyodo - Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks to the press in Tokyo on July 22, 2016, after ordering the pullout of three Air Self-Defense Force C-130 cargo aircraft dispatched to Africa to help Japanese nationals evacuate from violence-hit South Sudan. Nakatani said the planes, which were ordered to leave Djibouti the following day, are expected to return to their base in central Japan on July 26.

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Japanese evacuation drill in Thailand

UTAPAO, Thailand - Employees of the Japanese Embassy in Thailand and their family, escorted by members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces, enter a transport plane during a drill for evacuating Japanese nationals at Utapao air base in eastern Thailand on Feb. 16, 2014.

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American civilians in S. Korea join evacuation drill

American civilians living in South Korea join on March 26 an evacuation drill at a U.S. military camp in Seoul in case of emergency in the Korean Peninsula. The evacuation drill includes the American civilians' removal to the U.S. military base at Sasebo in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki via Fukuoka airport.

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Japan's C130H ready to go

Rows of C130H line up at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, for possible evacuation mission for Japanese nationals stranded in Indonesia. The Japanese government has sent six C130Hs for stand-by in Singapore. The picture was taken from Kyodo News helicopter May 18.

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Scene in Ukraine

Video taken on June 20, 2022, shows war-displaced people living at a meeting room of a condominium used as their accommodation facility in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine. A war-displaced man works at an industrial parts factory in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, on June 22, 2022. The factory was moved to the city together with the man from an area of a fierce battle against Russia.

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Afghanistan Evacuation

United States Marines with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group prepare for the arrival of Afghan personnel at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, August 26, 2021. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for up to 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan personnel essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan. Photo by Quinn Hurt/US Marine Corps via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghanistan Evacuation

A child evacuee arrives at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, August 22, 2021. Evacuees were awaiting transportation to get in-processed onto Ramstein Air Base while preparing for onward movements to their final destinations during Operation Allies Refuge. Photo by Jan K. Valle/US Air Force via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghanistan Evacuation

Pods are established for evacuees at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, August 24, 2021. Military members established temporary lodging for evacuees from Afghanistan in support of Operation Allies Refuge. Photo by Jan K. Valle/US Air Force via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghan Evacuees Transit In Naval Air Base - Italy

Handout photo dated August 20, 2021 of a U.S. Navy corpsman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, hands out water to children during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo by U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nicholas Guevara via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Return of Japanese plane from Afghanistan evacuation mission

A C-2 transport plane of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force returns to the Iruma Air Base in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 3, 2021, from a mission to evacuate Japanese nationals and others from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

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Return of Japanese plane from Afghanistan evacuation mission

A C-2 transport plane of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force returns to the Iruma Air Base in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 3, 2021, from a mission to evacuate Japanese nationals and others from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

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Return of Japanese plane from Afghanistan evacuation mission

A C-2 transport plane of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force returns to the Iruma Air Base in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 3, 2021, from a mission to evacuate Japanese nationals and others from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

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Map hung at off-site center near Fukushima Daiichi atomic plant

A map showing the locations of evacuation sites within 10 kilometers of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains in an off-site center in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 15, 2015. The facility, about 5 kilometers west of the power plant damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, was supposed to function as an emergency response base but was vacated four days after the disaster due to troubles including the shutoff of its communication lines and an increase in the amount of radiation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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American civilians in S. Korea join evacuation drill

American civilians living in South Korea join on March 26 an evacuation drill at a U.S. military camp in Seoul in case of emergency in the Korean Peninsula. The evacuation drill includes the American civilians' removal to the U.S. military base at Sasebo in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki via Fukuoka airport.

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Japan's C130H ready to go

Rows of C130H line up at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, for possible evacuation mission for Japanese nationals stranded in Indonesia. The Japanese government has sent six C130Hs for stand-by in Singapore. The picture was taken from Kyodo News helicopter May 18. ==Kyodo