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Japan says it may evacuate its citizens from Iran as soon as Thursday

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi says the government is looking into various options for evacuating Japanese citizens

Smoke rises following an Israeli attack on the IRIB building, the country's state broadcaster, in Tehran, Iran, June 16, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Reuters

Published : 17 Jun 2025, 08:10 PM

Updated : 17 Jun 2025, 08:10 PM

The Japanese embassy in Iran said on Tuesday it was considering evacuating Japanese nationals by transporting them by bus to a neighbouring country, as the Israel-Iran air war raged for a fifth straight day.

"This could be carried out as early as Thursday, Jun 19," the embassy said on the foreign ministry's website.

Earlier, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the government was looking into various options for evacuating Japanese citizens, and the foreign ministry issued an evacuation advisory for Japanese nationals in Iran.