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The State Department authorised the voluntary, temporary departure of family members of US government personnel and a few non-emergency personnel from the US Embassy in Beirut due to the unpredictable safety situation in Lebanon. Passengers on the Japanese flight were charged ¥30,000 each (US$200), sparking anger on X, formerly generally identified as Twitter, with some customers accusing the federal government of being “stingy”. The South Korean government, against this, did not cost fifty one Japanese nationals who boarded its flight – along with 163 South Koreans and six Singaporeans – from Israel to Seoul on Saturday. Japan’s authorities has been…