After Chernobyl we got serious fallouts in Eastern France and in Corsica, though the french authorities didn't let us know first.
Then we were told not to eat mushrooms and milk products.
Look at this :
YouTube - Cloud Of Lies - evolution du nuage radioactif de tchernobyl par le Sergent ( 26 avril 1986 )
I hope japanese authorities are more responsible than ours back then.