Update:November 9, 2018

Emergency number 119 (ambulance/fire department/injury or sudden illness)

• If you need an ambulance or the fire department because of sudden illness, injury or a fire, dial 119 and tell them

              1. what happened (fire, injury, need for emergency treatment, etc.),

              2. where you are (address, etc.), and

              3. your name.

• If there is someone around nearby who can speak Japanese, pass the phone over the them.
• It is also possible to have a conversation via automated call in various languages (English, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Thai) or through and interpretor (English, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Thai, Malay), however, this may take time.
• The number 119 connects through anywhere in the nation, 24 hours a day and dialing is free of cost.

Words useful in an emergency