When you call an ambulance due to sudden sickness, an injury, a traffic accident, or when you call fire engines due to a fire, call 119 (Fire Station) in Japan.
How to call 119:119番のかけ方 (PDF/177KB)
When it is an incident or an accident, please call the police station as well.
119番で使う大事な「日本語」
When it is sickness or an injury,
Who? (Darega)
What happened? (Doushitanoka)
Which part of body? (Karada no basho)
・Fire Engine (Shoubou-sha)
・Fire (Kaji)
・Fire Extinguisher (Shokaki)
・People is in the house/building. (Naka ni hito ga imasu.)
・Ambulance (Kyukyu-sha)
・Injury (Kega)
・Sickness / Illness (Byoki)
・Traffic Accident (Kotsu-Jiko)
・No consciousness (Ishiki ga nai)
Please speak your name slowly and intelligibly.