1343: Finland held a radiation drill on Wednesday, but said it was planned a year ago and was unconnected to the Japan crisis. "We have a lot of disaster exercises all the time, each with their own theme," Hannele Aaltonen, a safety expert at Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, told AFP.
1339: The BBC's Tim Wilcox has met many foreigners waiting to take flights out of Japan at Tokyo's Narita airport. Many, like Aiko - flying home to San Francisco - have resigned from their jobs to leave the country. "I think they understand that my mother is worried and that for the safety of myself, as well as those here that are not citizens of this country, evacuation is the best route," she said.