Sorry to get into this topic since I'm Italian, but don't worry, in Italy everybody told me not to go because it's dangerous, the "Nuclear plant in Fukushima blew up"(WTF?!), "you're going to have serious issues in a few years!" (hey, thanks a lot, that's encouraging!).. but yeah, looks like even in my country the stereotypes are all the same.
Not that I'm underestimating the situation, but I spent months on looking for news, and trustworthy ones especially. In my research I even found out that the radiation here in Tokyo is less than the radiation in Rome. Seriously, What The Hell?!... However, even if my parents allowed me to go and live here for almost three months, they gave me some hints about food cause you never know where it may be from. Moreover, I'll be back in Italy in 12 days so I might think about a proper health check since I donate blood.. So I'll let you know once I'm back
Oh yeah, and here's the example of the REAL ITALIAN DUMB GUY: I asked in a forum what should I do for my iPhone (that was before leaving and still was looking for the flight/accomodation etc etc). I had ONE answer, and one only. It was something like this "Oh, you're going to Japan.. Where will you go next, to Chernobyl perhaps?". Seriously, mind your own and shut the hell up, idiot. I'd have appreciated having no answers on my thread instead of this piece of crap.