If something goes wrong
Three numbers to dial, three Osaka lines for when you are not sure, and one hotline that answers in your language. Worth reading before the night you need it.
The numbers
The Coast Guard asks callers for when, where and what happened, calmly and briefly. That is a good shape for any of the three. Japan Coast Guard
Osaka's own lines
Not sure if it is an emergency
24 hours, every day
A nurse talks it through with you and says whether to call an ambulance.
A child, at night
19:00 to 08:00, every day
Nursing staff answer questions about a child who has fallen ill.
Which hospital is open now
24 hours, every day
The prefecture's emergency medical information centre tells you where can see you now.
Osaka Prefecture publishes these three, on a page it last updated 2026-01-05. It publishes them in Japanese, and says nothing about what languages the lines answer in, so the next section is the one to note down. Osaka Prefecture
In a language you speak
JNTO also runs a search for medical institutions, filtered by area, language and department. JNTO
The hospitals and clinics in Osaka City on the government list of those accepting foreign patients, with their languages and phone numbers: Hospitals for foreign patients
If you have to ask a passer-by to call for you, this is the sentence JNTO gives:
救急車を呼んでください。
An AED, around the clock
The city publishes the AEDs in its facilities that are available around the clock. 94 of them are fixed in a building, in 24 wards, and the file says where inside: a reception desk, a management office, a lift lobby. Osaka City
The other 103 rows in the city's file are an AED carried on a fire engine, and the file says beside them that it cannot be used while the vehicle is out. They are not listed here as somewhere to go.
33 of the fixed ones carry a condition the city wrote out, most often that outside office hours you ask the night duty officer for it. That sentence matters more than a dot on a map.
Earthquake, tsunami, typhoon
The Japan Meteorological Agency publishes warnings in 16 languages, including all five this site is written in. Weather, heavy rain, heat, earthquake, tsunami and volcano information, in one place. Japan Meteorological Agency
Sources
- JNTO: emergency guide for visitors
- Osaka Prefecture: emergency medical navigation
- Japan Coast Guard: 118
- Osaka City: AED locations available 24 hours (open data)
- Japan Meteorological Agency: multilingual information
Read 2026-09-24. This page connects you to people who can help; it is not medical advice and it does not say which hospital to go to. Numbers and hours are the publishers' own.
