Before anyone points it out, I am aware of the irradiated water situation. The official opinion is that the water is no longer safe for pregnant women and babies. I'm really not too sure what to make of this. So the water is bad for them but okay for me? I might just stop bathing and brushing my teeth for a few days to see how this pans out.
Foreigners have fled Tokyo in masses. One thing I thought I would never see is a Roppongi without foreigners. Today and yesterday there were hardly any! The place almost looked... Japanese. This has had an impact on the teaching industry, which for the first time since 2007 is probably looking to hire. (The market since that time has been saturated with teachers, making it difficult to find work in that industry.) If anyone wants in, now (okay, not right now... soon) is the time.
When someone who is staying in Japan on a visa leaves and wants to come back, he has to get a re-entry permit, regardless of visa type. This can only be obtained at one office in Tokyo. My coworker went there the other day. There was a 5km line-up. One poor fellow had been waiting there for six hours and hadn't even entered the building yet. This week it's supposed to be less crazy, but still, that's what things are like now.
I don't think it's a bad decision to leave Tokyo. I'm not doing it myself, but I can't say anything negative about the people who have chosen to leave. Even my pastor's wife took the kids and headed over to Okinawa. Sound decision if you have children. For me, I simply just don't see any danger that exists outside the exaggerations of foreign media. Rest assured, though, I am monitoring the situation as closely as I can.
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