{"id":427,"date":"2026-04-08T20:12:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/427\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T20:12:47","slug":"pla-troops-facing-taiwan-strait-and-japan-simulate-response-to-nuclear-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/427\/","title":{"rendered":"PLA troops facing Taiwan Strait and Japan simulate response to nuclear attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">People\u2019s Liberation Army<\/a> division responsible for the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait carried out a decontamination exercise amid targeting of Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States and Israel.A recent training exercise at an <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/eastern-theatre-command?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eastern Theatre Command<\/a> naval base included an emergency response to a simulated nuclear attack, according to a report on Tuesday by state broadcaster CCTV, which did not specify the time or location of the drill.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The state broadcaster\u2019s report on Tuesday of the nuclear response simulation did not specify the timing or the location of the military exercise. Photo: CCTV\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d779ca21-4c59-4d07-8632-4e4d3382ccd0_1126e908.jpg\" title=\"The state broadcaster\u2019s report on Tuesday of the nuclear response simulation did not specify the timing or the location of the military exercise. Photo: CCTV\"\/>The state broadcaster\u2019s report on Tuesday of the nuclear response simulation did not specify the timing or the location of the military exercise. Photo: CCTV<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The exercise focused on rapid detection and decontamination within zones designated as contaminated to \u201ccomprehensively hone the troops\u2019 ability and operational readiness to respond to emergencies in complex battlefield environments\u201d, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Theatre Command is in charge of defence of the eastern Chinese provinces and oversees the direction of <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/taiwan?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taiwan<\/a> and the East China Sea opposite Japan.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The reporting on the drill came at a time of global concerns that the US and Israel have targeted Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities, including a strike last week that landed only 75 metres (246 feet) from the Bushehr nuclear power plant.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The international nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, warned of the risk of \u201ca severe radiological accident\u201d if the operational plant were damaged, with its chief, Rafael Grossi, stressing in a statement that nuclear power plant sites and surrounding areas \u201cshould never be struck\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Meanwhile, the tension between China and Japan continues to simmer over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi\u2019s remarks in November that Japan might militarily intervene in a Taiwan Strait conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The People\u2019s Liberation Army division responsible for the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait carried out a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[549,545,551,12,553,552,546,544,547,14,29,8,31,548,488,550],"class_list":{"0":"post-427","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-japan","8":"tag-beijing","9":"tag-bushehr-nuclear-power-plant","10":"tag-cctv","11":"tag-china","12":"tag-east-china-sea","13":"tag-eastern-theatre-command","14":"tag-fujian","15":"tag-himars","16":"tag-iaea","17":"tag-iran","18":"tag-israel","19":"tag-japan","20":"tag-nippon","21":"tag-peoples-liberation-army","22":"tag-taiwan","23":"tag-united-states"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}