Swiss to move embassy in Japan from Tokyo to Osaka (as rad plume threaens Tokyo "imminent")

[jpak]

http://www.cjbk.com/InternationalNews/Article.aspx?id=269610

BERN, Switzerland - Switzerland is moving its embassy in Japan to Osaka because of fears that radiation levels in the capital Tokyo could increase.

The Foreign Ministry says Swiss experts judge developments at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant to be "very uncertain."

The ministry said Sunday that an imminent change in wind direction is also forecast and could increase radiation levels in Tokyo.

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[kristopher]

1. Most US personnel at our Tokyo embassy left several days ago.

Wife's friend who works there says they are exhausted trying to pick up the slack.