Is it safe to travel around Japan when pregnant, regarding radiation? [closed]

We are considering travelling to Japan in May. Maybe I'm pregnant on the journey. We plan to travel around Tokyo, Kyoto and the countryside.

Will radiation be too dangerous during pregnancy?

Best Answer

See below to help you make your judgment. Traveling while pregnant should be your paramount concern, with the radiation a distant second based on this article.

Is it safe to visit Japan?

That depends on whom you ask and what areas of Japan you’re talking about.

http://www.webmd.com/cancer/features/japan-nuclear-plant-radiation-risks-faq#visit

As of March 30, 2011 the U.S. State Department still advised people to defer non-essential travel to a number of regions beyond just the area of the earthquake, tsunami and radiation crisis, including Tokyo and Yokohama.

Other popular destinations, such as Kyoto, Okinawa and Osaka, are “outside the regions of concern,” according to the State Department’s warning. (For an updated alert, go to the State Department's web site.)

On the other hand, experts tell WebMD that they would not hesitate to travel to areas of Japan outside the disaster zone.

“I was supposed to go to Japan next month, but the meeting was cancelled because the organizers understandably have other things to do,” Williams (radiation biologist Jacqueline P. Williams, PhD, tells WebMD. Williams is a researcher in the department of radiation oncology at the University of Rochester, N.Y.) says. “But I was perfectly happy to go, and I’m a bit sad that I’m not because I’ve never been to Japan. I would be absolutely fine to go.”

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Is it safe to travel to Japan because of radiation?

Yes, both Tokyo and Japan are safe from background radiation.

What areas of Japan are affected by radiation?

High concentrations were discovered northwest of the plant and also at 28 kilometers south near the coast, in the cities of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture. Iodine-131 was also found in the same areas, and most likely the tellurium was deposited at the same time as the iodine.

Is it safe to travel to Japan while pregnant?

It is no different when you travel abroad, especially to a far-away country and one that was hit by a major ecological disaster a few years ago. However, provided that you comply with basic rules of precaution and act with proper common sense, it is quite possible for you to travel to Japan when you are pregnant.

Is Tokyo contaminated with radiation?

Even permanent residents of the prefecture where the meltdown occurred do not appeared to be harmed by radiation. And all of Japan's major tourist destinations \u2013 Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Kobe, Hokkaido and Okinawa \u2013 are more than 150mi away from the exclusion zone.

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