Long overdue: the mushy “suggested” evacuation now has some force behind it. The Japanese government has declared a 12 mile radius around the crippled Fukushima plant a mandatory evacuation zone—all but emergency workers are banned from entering.
https://gizmodo.com/japan-widens-evacuation-zone-around-crippled-nuke-plant-5785675
Although residents are now forbidden from entering the area, local mayors have made a temporary exemption for one member of each household—presumably if something vital from home needs to be retrieved. [Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]
