Japan is a country with many disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons and heavy rains. It is important to learn about these disasters on a daily basis.
Emergency Handbook for Foreign National Residents (Yamaguchi Prefecture International Division)
- 防灾手册[Chinese]
- 外国人 住民 のための 防災 ハンドブック[Plain Japanese]
- 防灾手册[Chinese]
- 방재 핸드북[Korean]
- GABAY UKOL SA PAGHAHANDA SA KAPAHAMAKAN[Tagalog]
- Sổ tay hướng dẫn phòng chống thảm họa[Vietnamese]
Available to download on the Yamaguchi Prefecture International Division website
Emergency Card
Emergency Card[Plain Japanese/English]
Available to download on Yamaguchi Prefecture International Division website
Links related to disasters
Useful links related to disasters. Please use them by all means.
Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Emergency Preparedness Yamaguchi [Yamaguchi Prefecture Disaster Prevention & Crisis Management Division]
Information is provided when there is a disaster in Yamaguchi Prefecture. - Yamaguchi Prefecture Road Information [Yamaguchi Prefecture Road Maintenance Division]
Information on road conditions in Yamaguchi Prefecture is available. You can see it through photos. - Yamaguchi Public Works Disaster Prevention Information System [Yamaguchi Prefecture River Division]
Information on the amount of rainfall in Yamaguchi and the water level of the rivers are available. - Yamaguchi Coordinator for International Relations Facebook
Information is provided to foreigners when a disaster occurs in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Government Websites
- Japan Meteorological Agency
Information on weather, heavy rain, earthquake, tsunami, volcano, etc. is available in multiple languages. - Foreign National’s Affairs Division Facebook for Natural Disaster Information (MOFA)
Information is provided to foreigners when there is a major disaster in Japan. - List of Embassies, Consulate and Permanent Missions in Japan (MOFA) A list of phone numbers and addresses of foreign embassies and consulates in Japan.
Multilingual Television and Radio
Disaster Emergency Message Dials and Disaster Message Boards
A service that allows you to leave a message when you cannot use a telephone or e-mail
- docomo Disaster Emergency Message Dial/Disaster Message Board
- au Disaster Emergency Message Dial/Disaster Message Board
- Softbank Disaster Emergency Message Dial/Disaster Message Board
- NTT West Emergency Message Dial
- NTT West Emergency Message Board
Living Information
- Guidebook on Living and Working ~For foreign nationals who start living in Japan~ [Immigration Services Agency] Information useful for life in Japan is available in 17 languages.
- Multilingual Medical Questionnaire [International Community Hearty Konandai/Kanagawa International Foundation]
A medical questionnaire that can be used when going to the hospital is available to download in 23 languages.
Apps
- The app “Safety Tips” provides information on disaster warnings [Japan Tourism Agency (JTA)]
An app that notifies you when a disaster occurs in 11 languages is available to download. - Multilingual Speech Translation Application (VoiceTra) [National Institute of Information and Communications Technology]
A voice translation app that can do translations into 31 languages.