French residents in Japan and French citizens prepare to check in to a special charter flight to Paris, at Narita airport, east of Tokyo March 17, 2011. The French government said on Wednesday that Japan was losing control of the situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant and urged its nationals in Tokyo to leave the country or head to southern Japan. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN - Tags: DISASTER POLITICS ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT)