Wasatch Economics

Here is a map of Japan’s prefectures (from Wikipedia):

and here are the prefectures adjoining (and including) Fukushima prefecture where the nuclear incident is occurring:

3 Iwate prefecture – population 1.3 million
4 Miyagi prefecture – population 2.3 million
7 Fukushima prefecture – population 2.0 million
8 Ibaraki prefecture – population 3.0 million
9 Tochigi prefecture – population 2.0 million

Total population roughly 10.6 million