When living in a foreign country, situations will arise where you may encounter difficulty or not know what to do.
Here we will introduce you to some places you can consult in such situations.
If You Become a Victim of a Crime
Use a phone to call 110 and consult with the police.
If a Fire or Accident Occurs
Use a phone to call 119 to report this incident.
Over the phone, you will be asked such things as whether it is a fire or whether you need an ambulance.
Disaster Preparedness
Japan is a country where many natural disasters, such as earthquakes occur.
Make sure to check the location of the evacuation centers near your house.
Make a regular habit of studying up on natural disasters, and stock food and water in order to prepare for such disasters.
Hiroshima Prefecture Disaster Preparedness Web
This website is a portal website for Hiroshima Prefecture on information related to disaster preparedness and what to do in the event of a disaster.
(Languages offered: English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Nepalese, Indonesian, and Thai)
Information Site for Foreigners Living in Hiroshima “Live in Hiroshima”
This website is an informational website for foreigners living in Hiroshima.
It contains information that will be useful in the event of an emergency.
Here you can find information on disaster preparedness and emergency contact information, etc.
Make it a regular habit to check this website to prepare yourself for the unexpected.
Medical Care
Here we provide information on medical institutions within the prefecture that offer services in foreign languages, as well as on the Medical Interpretation Volunteer Dispatching Project.
Website with multilingual informational materials related to medical care (Hiroshima International Center, a public interest incorporated foundation)
Here we introduce this website that takes informational materials on medical institutions that offer services in foreign languages and makes them available to the public.
Volunteer Medical Interpreter Dispatch Service (Hiroshima International Center, a public interest incorporated foundation)
Medical interpretation volunteers that can speak English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, or Spanish will be dispatched.
