Current reports from Japan said that no Indonesian had become victim, except four crewmen of an Indonesian fishing boat who were still missing since March 13, 2011.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government still has no plan to evacuate all its citizens from Japan, Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Michael Tene said.
"Our focus is for the time being on the evacuation of Indonesians who live in the devastated areas including Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima," he said at a press conference in Miyaqi.
Tene said 502 Indonesians are living in three prefectures where 396 of them had already been sent back to Indonesia.
The evacuation took place in three stages, the first on March 15 with 99 Indonesians, on March 16 ten, and on March 17 ten.
The evacuation of the Indonesian nationals from the three major locations had been carried out by the Indonesian embassy in Tokyo that will keep updating the number of the survivors.
Current reports from Japan said that no Indonesian had become victim, except four crewmen of an Indonesian fishing boat who were still missing since March 13, 2011.
Besides the evacuation of Indonesians, the embassy also monitored and updated the latest situation on the impact of the quake-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.
"The Indonesian government by way of its embassy in Tokyo continued to secure all of its citizens and evacuate them in a 50 km radius from the damaged nuclear power plant," Tene said.
The Indonesian embassy had also issued several evacuation scenarios, including the worst one on the latest developments.
"The latest Japanese government act is to evacuate its citizens to within a 20 km radius and its citizens in a 20-30 km radius had been urged to stay home, but preparations and contingency plans had been prepared." Tene said.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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