CNN Moves Crews To Tokyo As German Networks Head South

Three of Germany’s television networks have decided to pull their news crews out of Tokyo out of concern over the risk of radiation. Germany’s ZDF, RTL and N24 have moved their crews from Tokyo to Osaka. The decision was made amid “fears that radioactive waste from the Fukushima reactor could spread to the Japanese capital, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) to the south,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

A fourth German network, ARD, has opted to keep its main crew in Tokyo, but secondary teams have been ordered out.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper will report from Tokyo tonight, and broadcast AC360 from the city as the network keeps the threat “under constant review and the safety and well-being of our reporters in the field is our top priority,” according to a spokesperson.

At ABC, World News anchor Diane Sawyer has left Japan, while David Muir remains behind.

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