Twelve million people live in the Japanese capital and there were fears that the effects of the explosions and fire at three nuclear reactors could spread there.
The French embassy said a low-level radioactive wind could reach the capital by 8pm and warned its citizens to leave.
In a sign of mounting fears about the escalating nuclear disaster Air China, Chinas national airline, cancelled its flights to Tokyo.
Sairi Koga, an official of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, said: We monitored a higher than normal amount of radiation in the morning in Tokyo
But we dont consider it to be at a level where the human body is affected.
The Kyodo news agency reported that that the levels in the capital were minute.
But it also reported that radiation levels in Saitama, just outside Tokyo, were 40 times usual levels, although still not harmful to health.
Winds from the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant were travelling in a south-westerly direction towards Tokyo, 155 miles away, at two to three metres per second.
Some residents left the capital and others stocked up on food and supplies in case they were required to stay indoors. Shops sold out of items like radios, torches and candles
Some multinational companies either urged staff to leave or said they were considering plans to move outside Tokyo.
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