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Thousands queued up in freezing conditions trying to get reentry permits. they live and work in japan, but to return they need to get this permit. they were all cueing, a iqueuei hours. and people say this has never happened before. normally 1,000 people go through that bureau a week. yesterday there were more than 10,000. the day before similar numbers. so there is a concern within tokyo that certain people need this permit just in case the situation blows up. >> the imaging of the queues are quite stunning. in terms of countries issuing evacuation orders, which countries are they? >> reporte...

>> reporter: it's fundy, candy, we spoke to a number of people yesterday, foreigners as well as japanese. we went to the immigration bureau here in tokyo where foreigners, tens of thousands, lined up to get their reentry permits. these are people who live and work in japan. that allows them to leave and return. they were saying we need these permits in case it blows up. students were saying we've been monitoring the situation for the last week, we're not getting enough information from the japanese, therefore we are going to take the precautionary step and go to another country. that's sort of...