Japanese in Sudan evacuated by Self-Defense Forces plane: Kishida

Japan evacuated its citizens stranded in conflict-torn Sudan aboard a Self-Defense Forces plane Monday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, while some Japanese were transported in operations by foreign governments.The SDF plane airlifted 45 Japanese residents and their families from Port Sudan in the country's northeast to Djibouti, Kishida said, adding that several Japanese remained in Sudan wishing to evacuate.Four other Japanese nationals have moved to Djibouti and Ethiopia thanks to the cooperation of France and the International Committee of the Red Cross, Kishida told reporters at his …READ FULL ARTICLE