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On March 16, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs updated its overseas safety information for Lebanon, designating the entire country as Level 4 (Evacuation Advisory).
The change applies to areas that had previously been classified as Level 3 (Travel Avoidance Advisory), while Level 4 had already been issued for all other regions.
This revision follows joint attacks by Hezbollah and Iran on northern Israel, and subsequent expansion by Israel of both the scale of its attacks on Lebanon and the scope of its advance warnings. The ministry is calling for all travel to Lebanon to be avoided, regardless of purpose.