Japan earthquake: Britons given iodine tablets Priority for the tablets is being given to children

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The Foreign Office said it was a "contingency measure" and people should only take the tablets if and when advised by the authorities.

Embassy staff were distributing tablets in Tokyo and Sendai on Saturday, and will be in Niigata on Sunday.

The earthquake and tsunami is known to have killed more than 7,300 people.

Fears have been rising over levels of radiation leaking from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant which was hit by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake on 11 March.

The earthquake and tsunami it triggered crippled the plant's cooling systems, and some radiation has leaked.

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Not surprised either... remember they are IN JAPAN though.