Many residents in Iitate and Kawamata Prefectures (just outside the exclusion zone) are refusing to relocate

They've weighed the pros and cons and made their decision

From NHK:

"About half the residents living in parts of Fukushima Prefecture where an evacuation order is in place have still not left one week before the government-set deadline runs out.

On April 22nd, the government ordered people in Iitate Village and a part of Kawamata Town to leave by the end of this month because of radiation exposure from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Officials have been placing priority on evacuating households with infants and small children.
But only about half of the 7,800 residents have followed the order one month after it was issued.

Some residents remaining in the areas say emergency shelters are far from their work places and their children's schools. Others say they will lose their jobs if they move away.
People in areas with relatively low levels of radiation hope to delay their evacuation until temporary housing is completed in the summer.

The officials say they will continue to urge the remaining residents to leave. But meeting the deadline will be difficult, as the evacuation order is not legally binding.

The 2 communities are located outside the 20 kilometer radius around the crippled nuclear plant. The central government earlier instructed residents living inside the 20 kilometer zone to evacuate.

Monday, May 23, 2011 11:46 +0900 (JST)"

Fortunately, this handy map by MEXT can help people in these areas understand what their yearly cumulative exposures will total  by March 11, 2012.  Suffice to say, these values are likely on the conservative side.

Source:  Mext

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Parents demand lower radiation limit for children

"A group of parents of school children is calling for lowering the government-set radiation limit for children.

The group is from Fukushima Prefecture, where a crippled nuclear power plant is posing the danger of nuclear contamination.

On Monday, members of the group visited the education ministry and submitted a petition bearing more than 15,000 signatures.

The parents have been pointing out that the government safety level is too high for children and are demanding that it be lowered to 1 millisievert per year."

Referencing the map above, it's clear that these parents will have to change reality for their '1 mSv/yr' wish to be realized.  Sad, but true.  Read the story here