{"id":1422,"date":"2011-03-16T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T23:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2011-03-17T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T18:22:09","slug":"state-department-issues-travel-advisory-for-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/state-department-issues-travel-advisory-for-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department Issues Travel Advisory For Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the desperate situation in Japan, the U.S. State  Department has advised citizens to avoid traveling to that country  through April 1. The advisory may be extended in light of the  deteriorating situation the Fukushima nuclear power plant.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the earthquake and resulting tsunami, Japan is  experiencing rolling blackouts and shortages of food and water in many  areas. Even the best planned trip may be affected by the massive rescue  and aid operations.<\/p>\n<p>Several U.S. air carriers are waiving fees for changing tickets and  offering other accommodations to assist passengers. Travelers are also  being encouraged to contact their destinations to make alternate plans  in the wake of the turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say travel this summer should not be affected; however, that  depends on the situation at the nuclear facility. The best advice is to  keep close watch as events unfold, and to delay any non-essential travel  until reliable information is available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Japan-Tsunami-280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1423\" title=\"Japan Tsunami-280\" src=\"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Japan-Tsunami-280-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Japan-Tsunami-280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Japan-Tsunami-280-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Japan-Tsunami-280-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Japan-Tsunami-280-55x55.jpg 55w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the desperate situation in Japan, the U.S. State Department has advised citizens to avoid traveling to that country through April 1. The advisory may be extended in light of the deteriorating situation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[793],"class_list":["post-1422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-travel-warning-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1426,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions\/1426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}