Safety Tips for Travelers

This page provides international tourists with information about safe travel and natural disaster information notice.

【Weather, Climate & Earthquake Information】

○Website

・Japan Safe Travel Information　【English】
Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Website

・Japan Meteorological Agency　【English】

・BOSAIMIE.jp (Mie Prefectural Government)　【English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Tagalog】

○Application

・Safety tips （Disaster Information App）
‘Safety tips’ gives the user Earthquake Early Warnings, Tsunami Warnings, Volcanic Warnings, Weather Warnings, Heatwave Warnings and Civil Protection Information issued in Japan.
【English, simplified and traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Nepali, Thai, Khmer, Burmese, Mongolian, and Japanese】

・Mie Prefecture’s Official Disaster Prevention App, Mie Bousai Navi
‘Mie Bousai Navi’ smartphone app allows users to check evacuation sites and hazard information around their current location in preparation for disasters such as the Nankai Trough earthquake.
【English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog and Japanese】

・NHK World Japan　
NHK WORLD-JAPAN provides the latest information on Japan and Asia through television, radio and online to a global audience. 【English, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Chinese, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese】

○TV

・NHK World Japan　【English】
24-hour English Channel that offers the latest news in Japan and Asia. It is also an information resource in the case of a large-scale disaster such as earthquakes or typhoons.

○X（formerly twitter）

・Japan Safe Travel （JNTO) X　【English】
‘Japan Safe Travel (JST)’ is the X account operated by the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO). It provides necessary information for international travelers to Japan when natural disasters occur.
Account：@JapanSafeTravel

【Airport & Train Information】

〇Airport Information【English】

・Kansai International Airport (KIX)

・Nagoya Airport (Chubu Centrair International Airport, NGO)

・Other Airports

〇Train Information【English】

・Kintetsu Railway

・JR Central

【Information on illnesses & injuries】　

・Guide for when you are feeling ill　【English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Japanese】

【Useful Tools】

○Application

・Multilingual Speech Translation Application（VoiceTra）【31 languages】
‘VoiceTra’ is an easy-to-use speech translation app that translates your spoken words into different languages. It is easy to check what you said was translated correctly. Download and use for free.

○Call Center

・Japan Visitor Hotline（ＪＮＴＯ Call Center）
JNTO operates a visitor hotline 24 hours a day, 365days a year. Call for tourist info or assistance in case of accidents and emergencies. Support is available in English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
From Japan 050-3816-2787
From Overseas +81-50-3816-2787