Disaster Preparedness (Bosai)

• Disaster Prevention Portal Site 
  General information on how to protect yourself when natural disasters occur in Japan.
• Multilingual Information on Disaster Risk Reduction
  Provides the latest information from the Japan Meteorological Agency on weather advisories, earthquakes, tsunami warnings, and real-time risk maps.
• Oita City Disaster Preparedness Guidebook
• Oita City Multilingual Disaster Distress Call Center (0120-691-476)  
  Status: Inactive
• Oita Prefecture Disaster Prevention App

 

Oita City Disaster Preparedness Guidebook 

Learn what to prepare and do when natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, or typhoons strike the city. It also lists all evacuation shelters in the city.
Languages: Plain Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean

Download the Guidebook here（PDF：19,571KB）

      

 

Multilingual Disaster Distress Call Center 

Status: Inactive

Oita City provides 24-hour interpreting assistance in 23 languages only during emergencies (such as earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons,  etc.) for international residents and tourists. This service operates via a multilingual call center staffed with operators who ensure smooth communication for those needing aid.

Please refer to the flyer below for further information. 

City of Oita Multilingual Disaster Distress Call Center（PDF：730KB）

1. When is it Available?

Duration: Accessible for 1-month period after the establishment of City of Oita Disaster Alert Headquarters or City of Oita Disaster Response Headquarters.
Time: Available 24 hours a day

2. Available Languages

English	Chinese	Korean	Thai	Vietnamese
Indonesian	Malay	Nepali	Portuguese	Spanish
French	German	Italian	Russian	Filipino
Burmese	Khmer	Mongolian	Sinhala	Hindi
Bengali	Urdu	Turkish

3. Toll-Free Number

0120-691-476

4. Who can use it?

Anyone in Oita City, including foreign tourists.

 

Oita Prefecture Disaster Prevention App

Emergency alert app provided by the Oita Prefectural Government.
It also includes other useful features, such as navigation to the nearest evacuation shelter.

 

Flyer（PDF：2,443KB）

          
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