基隆直航日本石垣島的全新「八重山丸渡輪」5月28日正式啟航，讓旅客多了新的交通選擇。（業者提供）
A new ferry service to serve booming tourism between Taiwan and Japan began on Thursday on a ship that could be pressed into service to evacuate people on southern Japanese islands in the event of a war in the region.
一項旨在服務台灣和日本之間觀光旅遊蓬勃發展的新渡輪航線，週四正式啟航，這艘船在該地區發生戰爭時，可能被徵召用於撤離日本南部島嶼的民眾。
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The Yaima Maru is one of the ships that Japan’s government this year put on a list of vessels to be used to evacuate island residents to mainland Japan in case of a crisis.
「八重山丸」是日本政府今年列入危機發生時，用於將島嶼居民撤離至日本本土的船隻名單中的其中一艘。
For now, the ship will be linking Taiwan’s northern port city of Keelung with Japan’s Ishigaki, which lies to the east of Taiwan at the bottom end of the Ryukyu islands, shuttling tourists back and forth once a week on an overnight journey.
目前，這艘船將連結台灣北部港口城市基隆，與位於台灣以東、琉球群島最南端的日本石垣島，每週一次透過過夜航程來回接駁遊客。
In November, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo. That infuriated Beijing and triggered a deterioration in ties. (Reuters)
去年11月，日本首相高市早苗表示，假設中國攻擊台灣，可能會引發東京的軍事回應。此言激怒北京，導致兩國關係惡化。（路透）
evacuate︰動詞，撤離、疏散。例句：The police evacuated the village shortly before the explosion.（警方在爆炸前不久疏散該村莊。）
hypothetical︰形容詞，假設的、假定的。例句：We are just discussing a hypothetical situation.（我們只是在討論一個假設的情況。）
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