Disasters

For Foreign Residents

【Useful links for disaster information】Available in 10 Languages!

We’ve compiled a list of links where you can find useful information during a disaster, as well as what you need to do to prepare before one strikes!

You can access disaster and evacuation information through the websites and smartphone apps featured here.

This collection of links is available in 10 languages.

 

You can read the link collection in 10 different languages

Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepali, Portuguese, Spanish, Burmese, Indonesian.

10言語一覧

 

 

Available information

 

コンテンツ(英語)

 

Disaster Prevention and Disaster Information: Tokyo

You can find information about evacuation sites and disaster alerts.

 

東京都災害情報(韓国語)

[Disaster Prevention and Disaster Information: Tokyo] (Korean)

 

 

Disaster Prevention and Disaster Information: Nationwide

You can find information on earthquakes, heavy rain, typhoons, and other disasters through those websites.

 

全国情報(日本語)

[Disaster Prevention and Disaster Information: Nationwide] (Japanese)

 

 

Multilingual and Easy Japanese News

You can watch the news or listen to the radio in many different languages, or read news articles in plain Japanese.

 

多言語やさしい日本語災害情報(ベトナム語)

[Multilingual and Plain Japanese News (General and Disaster-Related)] (Vietnamese)

 

 

 Smartphone Apps

Useful Apps for Disasters: Here are some apps that provide disaster information, translation tools, and more.

 

スマートフォンのアプリ(ポルトガル語)

[Smartphone App] (Portuguese)

 

 

Safety Confirmation

These are websites that help you share your status via smartphone or computer during a disaster.

 

安否確認について(ミャンマー語)

[Check on Safety] (Burmese)

 

 

Embassies & Consulates

This is a website where you can find the phone numbers and locations of embassies and consulates in Japan.

 

日本にある大使館について(スペイン語)

[Embassies and Consulates] (Spanish)

 

 

Disaster Prevention

You can learn about the necessary preparations to make before a disaster strikes.

These websites provide information on what to bring with you and how to evacuate in times of disaster.

 

災害の備え(インドネシア語)

[Preparing for Disasters] (Indonesian)

 

 

Click below for the list of links