Japanese residents in East Timor urged to evacuate

Japanese residents in East Timor urged to evacuate

DILI, East Timor - A Japanese Foreign Ministry official tells Japanese residents, including U.N. volunteer Ai Kihara (3rd from L), in Dili, East Timor, on Sept. 5 that the ministry wants Japanese nationals to evacuate the territory. East Timor is now rated ''level 5,'' the highest on the ministry's five-level danger scale.

Japan tells nationals in E. Timor to leave

Japan tells nationals in E. Timor to leave

DILI, East Timor - Yasunori Orita, a chief superintendent of the National Police Agency, dispatched to East Timor, is busy contacting Japanese residents there Sept. 5 after the Japanese Foreign Ministry urged Japanese nationals to leave. The territory is now rated ''level 5'' on the ministry's five-level danger scale. Orita is also to depart from Dili on a Japanese government-chartered flight Sept. 6.

Japanese residents in East Timor urged to evacuate

Japanese residents in East Timor urged to evacuate

DILI, East Timor - A Japanese Foreign Ministry official tells Japanese residents, including U.N. volunteer Ai Kihara (3rd from L), in Dili, East Timor, on Sept. 5 that the ministry wants Japanese nationals to evacuate the territory. East Timor is now rated ''level 5,'' the highest on the ministry's five-level danger scale.

Japan tells nationals in E. Timor to leave

Japan tells nationals in E. Timor to leave

DILI, East Timor - Yasunori Orita, a chief superintendent of the National Police Agency, dispatched to East Timor, is busy contacting Japanese residents there Sept. 5 after the Japanese Foreign Ministry urged Japanese nationals to leave. The territory is now rated ''level 5'' on the ministry's five-level danger scale. Orita is also to depart from Dili on a Japanese government-chartered flight Sept. 6.