Japan plans 2-week shelters on islands near Taiwan

Central government to pay for facility construction for military emergency

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Yonaguni, near Taiwan, will receive evacuation facilities. (Photo by Shogo Kodama)

KANA BABA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The Japanese government on Friday revealed guidelines for building shelters on southwestern Okinawa islands designed to protect citizens for roughly two weeks in the event of a military crisis involving Taiwan.

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