Telephone Numbers in Japan Last Update: 12 May 93 (palm@tokyo.rockwell.com) There is a wealth of information available to foreigners in Japan... often it is just a phone call away. This is a partial listing of typically needed phone numbers. If you need other phone numbers, check with NTT Information... they are *very* helpful. If you are going to be in Japan for awhile, pick up a (free) English Language Telephone book by contacting the City Source office. This list is inspired by Jean Pearce from The Japan Times. Please let me know if you have any additions or corrections. I have *not* personally called and check every number listed here. -kiwin (palm@tokyo.rockwell.com) ----------------------------------- General ---------------------------------- NTT Information 03-3277-1010 Tokyo 045-322-1010 Yokohama 0476-28-1010 Narita 052-541-1010 Nagoya Type: answers on telephone services; general info M-F, 9:00-17:00 City Source - (free) English Telephone Directory from NTT 03-5256-3141 03-5256-3148 (fax) 06-571-7866 Osaka 06-571-4185 Osaka (fax) Japan Hotline - NTT/KDD 03-3586-0110 Type: Broad-based, hard-to-find phone numbers M-F 10:00-16:00 Foreign Residents' Advisory Center - Tokyo Metropolitan Government 03-5320-7744 English 03-5320-7766 Chinese 03-5320-7700 Korean 03-5320-7755 French Type: help for anything: insurance, housing, legal problems, daily life M-F 9:30-12:00, 13:00-16:00 Minato-ku English Information 03-3578-2111 ext 2053 Tu, Th 10:00-16:00 Type: Info, Books, tapes, pamphlets, maps in English YOKE, Lounge Information Corner 045-671-7209 Type: Multi-lingual information number for Yokohama residents M, W, F 10:00-16:00 Lang: English, Arabic, Korean, Shinhari, Tamil, Chinese, Indonesian, Spanish. German Kobe Community House and Information Center 078-857-6540 Type: "Living in Kobe", Kobe International Community Center 078-322-0030 Lang: English, Chinese M-F 10:00-20:00, Sa 10:00-17:00 --------------------------- Legal / Immigration ------------------------------- Justice Ministry 03-3214-0424 Type: Legal advice, human rights Note: Mainly a walk-in service: Ohtemachi exit C-2, ask for Godo Chosha Sangokan, 4F Tu, Th, 13:30-15:00 English, German M 13:30-15:00 Chinese Tokyo Bar Association's Tokyo Center for Human Rights for Foreigners 03-3581-2302 Th 13:00-15:00 Type: help foreigners in need of legal advice Note: No Appointments; In Kasumigaseki Lang: English, Chinese LAFLR (Labor for Foreign Laborers Rights) 03-3357-5506 M-F, 10:00-17:00 Type: Labor rights advice and counseling Lang: English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese (No name) 03-3591-1301 11:00-20:00 Type: legal assistance; pretrial verbal evidence and translation services Immigration Information 03-3213-8523 03-3213-8527 M-F 9:30-12:00, 13:00-16:00 Lang: English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, and Thai Type: everything you wanted to know about immigration TCAT Immigration Office 03-3664-3046 Type: rapid service on re-entry permits M-F 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00 Osaka Visa/Immigration Information 06-774-3409 Type: Visa/Immigration Information in Osaka Lang: English, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish M-F 9:30-12:00 13:00-16:30 Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau 06-941-0771 Yokohama Regional Immigration Bureau 045-681-6801 Automated Immigration Information 03-3213-8141 Usage: with a touch-tone phone, enter 1 for Japanese, 2 for English dial the code number for the information you want (about 800 available) The code list is available at Immigration/Ward offices: "Code list for Telephone Service for Information on Procedures of Foreigner's Entry and Residence" Example Codes: 001 Changes in Immigration Law 511 Requirement when changing jobs Kaigai Nikkei Koryu Center 03-5256-5301 Type: Assistance to foreign workers of Japanese Ancestry and others with visa/employment/legal problems M-F 16:00-17:00 Lang: English, Portuguese, Spanish ---------------------------- Tourist / Transportation ---------------------- Tourist Information Center 03-3502-1461 (Tokyo) 0476-32-8711 (Narita airport) 075-371-5649 (Kyoto) 0120-222-800 (Eastern Japan) 0120-444-800 (Western Japan) everyday JR Info line - Japan Railways 03-3423-0111 Type: Transportation questions, discount tickets M-F 10:00-18:00 TCAT Airport Transit Information 03-3665-7111 Type: bus information for getting to Narita Airport Toei bus map (English) 03-3407-9671 (Japanese) Note: Can be picked up at: 2-25-36 Higashi, Shibuya Yokohama International Tourist Organization 045-641-4759 Type: All about Yokohama Lang: English only Everyday 9:00-17:00 ------------------------------- Counseling ----------------------------- TELL - Tokyo English LifeLine 03-3264-4347 Type: Personal problems; reference for professional counseling Japan Helpline 0120-461-997 Type: good-will number with volunteers dedicated to helping others. 24 hours HELP 03-3368-8855 Type: An organization providing help to Asian Woman who are victimized in Japan. AIDS info 03-3359-2477 Sa 19:00-22:00 03-5256-3002 Sa 13:00-18:00 0720-48-2044 Kansai Alcoholics Anonymous 03-3971-1471 ---------------------------- Emergency -------------------------------- Fire/Ambulance 119 Police 110 - Urgent 03-3501-0110 - General Information Emergency Hospitals - Tokyo metropolitan Fire Board 03-3213-2323 0425-25-0119 (outside the 23 wards) ------------------------------ Utilities --------------------------------- Post Services Information - Posts and Telecommunications Ministry 03-5472-5851 M-F 9:30-16:30 Type: Info on postal rates, services, and hours Tokyo Gas Co Consumer Office 03-3433-2111 Tokyo Metropolitan Waterworks Bureau (Somubu Kohoka) 03-5320-6327 Tokyo Electric Power Co (Okyakusama Sodanshitsu) 03-3501-8111 ----------------------- Selected Area code list --------------------------- 0120 Free Dial (like 800 in USA) 03 Tokyo 045 Yokohama 052 Nagoya 06 Osaka 0720 Kansai 075 Kyoto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------