More than 163,000 people were in shelters around the country following evacuation, the National Police Agency said. The government has set up an evacuation area around Tokyo Electric Power Co's quake-stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima 150 miles north of Tokyo, with a 12-mile radius. More than 70,000 people lived in the largely rural area within the zone. It is unclear how many of them have been evacuated, but most are believed to have left. Another 136,000 people were within a zone extending a further six miles in which residents are recommended to leave or stay indoors.