MANILA, Philippines - Frequent aftershocks after a strong earthquake and the latest threat of radioactive winds reaching Japan's capital, Tokyo, have forced Filipinos there to go home to the Philippines.
Trixie Takahashi arrived in Manila on Tuesday afternoon with her Japanese husband and 2 kids.
They still felt traumatized by the quake last Friday.
"Nakakatakot ngayon kasi maya't maya mararamdaman mo ang aftershocks," Takahashi said.
She was not supposed to go back to Manila this month, but had to buy tickets for herself and her family early Tuesday morning to escape the terror gripping Tokyo, especially when news spread that radiation from the troubled nuclear power plant in Fukushima may reach the capital.
Takashi has been in touch with other Filipinos who are still in Tokyo.
"Natatakot sila. Kausap ko nga. Marami ang gusto nang umuwi," she said.
Takahasi still plans to go back to Japan with her family, but not until she has fully recovered from the experience.
She has been living in Tokyo for 8 years now.
Like Takahasi, Joy Yasuy said her trip back home was untimely.
She was supposed to go home at the end of the month, but immediately booked a flight after Friday's quake.
A resident in Tokyo for 14 years now, Yasuy recalled feeling an aftershock when she was about to leave for the airport in Tokyo.
"Hanggang ngayon nahihilo pa ako," she said.
Yasuy plans to stay in the Philippines for only 2 weeks, because she has a Japanese husband and a hotel job waiting for her in Tokyo.
No extraordinary measures
Meanwhile, quarantine officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport said they are ready to give medical attention to passengers from Japan who show symptoms of radiation exposure, including nausea and vomiting.
However, Dr. Alex Oba of the Bureau of Quarantine believes there's no reason to raise any alarm because radiation contamination is not infectious.
"There's no cause for alarm, no extraordinary measures," he said.
Oba said passengers exposed to radiation would be treated like passengers with illnesses.
source: abs-cbnnews.com
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