It now seems that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has just recently downgraded its warning over travel to Tokyo. Despite this good news for Tokyo, the FCO is still recommending that people do not travel to the northeastern part of Japan. That is the area where Japan is experiencing problems with its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The FCO went on to say that they no longer think its a bad idea to travel to Tokyo. Before, the department was advising against all but essential travel to Tokyo. The FCO then said that they will continue to advise against all non-essential travel to the areas of northeastern Japan.

Of course, this choice was a welcoming site from the government’s chief scientific adviser, John Beddingtom. He said that the risks in Japan are gradually starting to decline as the reactors cool and the facility stabilizes.

One of the reasons why the FCO announced their travel warnings was because the radiation levels rose sharply at the plant after it was damaged by the quake. This is being called the world’s worst nuclear problem since the disaster that took place at Chernobyl in 1986.

Currently the main goal at Fukushima Daiichi is to keep the plant from suffering another explosion. To do this, workers have started injecting nitrogen into one of the reactors. It is not yet known if this will work or not, but they have high hopes.

Either way, this is great news for the tourism industry in Tokyo, because they count on tourists for a big part of their income. It is also a positive sign that Japan is starting to recover from this terrible earthquake.

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