Where to seek counseling in your language at nighttime or on holidays
2024.05.27
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When you are in need of counseling during the night or holiday period, the following emergency telephone counseling is available in English and other languages:
★TELL Lifeline: 03-5774-0992 English only.
9 am to 11 pm Monday-Thursday, and 9 am to 2 am Friday-Sunday
★Helpline for foreign languages 外国語による相談 0120-279-338
Available in 10 languages, from 10 am to 10 pm every day.
★Telephone counseling service by Japanese Government #9999 or 0120-494949
Please press 2 after the guidance. At first, they will ask your preferred language and your phone number in Japanese. Then they will call you back in your preferred language. They can offer consultation in 12 languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese, Nepali, Indonesian, French, Hindi. For other language please feel free to inquire.
★See the below file for clinics/hospitals/hotlines available in Japanese:
https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/ssr/common/file/consultation-counter.pdf