I hope not all of Japan...it is a beautiful country, and a wonderful society

However, because of denial, coverups and greed (the Tepco executives didn't move swiftly because they were trying to salvage their investment in Fukushima Daiichi first) the Japanese may lose a significant region bordering the n-plant.

As a result of Cesium-137 contamination there is a 1000 square mile "exclusion zone" around Chernobyl to this day.

If even half of that mileage were to be "excluded" today within 500 miles of Fukushima that would easily include Tokyo

The Japanese officials don't have the resources to deal with the Tsunami refugees they already have, so they certainly don't have the resources to handle evacuees from Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures

I think they haven't even considered an evacuation of Tokyo, because there is no way to do it. It is the ultimate end-game scenario.

The fate of a nation is hanging on those 200 firefighters on the suicide mission of cooling reactors which may already be in advanced stages of meltdown.

Meanwhile...the band plays on.