[RobinMask]

I'm not currently there, so maybe my opinion doesn't count for much, but I'd probably stay. It hasn't changed my plans to work there next year at all either, just made me rethink about the Tohoku region . . .

Personally if you spend so long wishing to go a country, then spend time and money settling in, and - most importantly - you enjoy living there, then why head back? It seems rather flakey. It's like hitting a touch patch and giving up, and if you give up then how much did the dream really mean to you to begin with? If you're in Sendai or Fukushima, hard hit areas, if you're homeless or in an extremely dangerous area, then sure, get up and leave . . . no one should stay in a place where they aren't safe. Just why leave otherwise? It's not all of Japan that's in danger, just certain areas. America has had earthquakes, England hurricanes . . . no one said 'everyone in the entire country, go back to where you came from, it's not safe!'. Why do they say this for Japan?