I’m staying put, says Guernseyman in Tokyo

Wednesday 16th March 2011, 2:29PM GMT.

A baby living in the Fukushima prefecture, near the nuclear plant where there has been three explosions, is checked for radiation. (Picture by (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

A GUERNSEYMAN has decided to stay in Tokyo despite many foreigners fleeing tsunami-stricken Japan.

Martin Le Tissier said he was confident he would be safe in the capital despite a growing problem at the Fukushima nuclear plant, 250km away.

The 38-year-old said he doubted the problem would ever reach the city.

‘We’ve started to see a lot of the foreign community jumping on planes and leaving,’ he said. ‘I don’t know if that’s because of what they’ve been hearing on the BBC, but the local press is much more toned down.’

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Neil

March 17, 2011 at 9:03 am

The FO advisory is for British Citizens to leave.

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kevin

March 17, 2011 at 7:43 pm

I was in Tokyo in May

great people,
lovely country.

I wish them well and all the luck in the world.

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son of blah

March 17, 2011 at 8:39 pm

if you are a japanese import and have children there i could maybe understand you want to leave but if you have been living there without dependants, getting fat off the Japanese economic success, maybe you should stay there and help your hosts, as and when they need it, rather than leg it.

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Rex Towers

March 18, 2011 at 2:01 pm

I have spent ten months in 4 trips there in the last two years so. I love the place although much of the time I was really sure what was going on!… and I would be there now if I didn’t have a serious terminal illness. Fortunately everyone I know there has not been hurt or had property damaged.

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