An Air Self-Defense Force plane evacuated 16 people from Lebanon to neighboring Jordan on Friday amid the escalating conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, the Japanese government said.The C-2 transport airplane was on standby in Jordan for an order from Defense Minister Gen Nakatani to evacuate Japanese citizens after departing from an ASDF base in the western Japan prefecture of Tottori on Thursday morning.Eleven Japanese nationals were among the evacuees, along with a foreign-born family member and four French nationals, according to the Defense Ministry.The Foreign Mi…READ FULL ARTICLE
