Telephone numbers in Japan

Telephone numbers in Japan

:"+81 redirects here. see also +81 (Deerhoof)"Country Code: 81

Dialing prefixes

0 National area code prefix 00 Carrier selection prefix 010 International call prefix 184 Prefix to withhold caller ID 186 Prefix to provide caller ID

Types of numbers

1xx Special numbers 00xx Carrier selection codes 0x 1-digit geographic area codes 0xx 2-digit geographic area codes 0xxx 3-digit geographic area codes 0xxxx 4-digit geographic area codes 0xxxxx 5-digit geographic area codes 0x0 2-digit non-Geographic area codes (excluding 010) 0xx0 3-digit non-Geographic area codes (01x0, 0570, 0800, 0910, 0990)

Note that, for international calls to Japan, the first '0' digit should not be used. So, for example, to call 090 1111 1111 from the US, you should use 011-81-90-1111-1111

Length of numbers

Special numbers are 3 digits long Geographic numbers are 10 digits long, including the leading zero 0x0 Non-geographic numbers are 11 digits long, including the leading zero 0xx0 Non-geographic numbers are 10 digits long, including the leading zero

Emergency services

110 Police 118 Maritime emergencies 119 Fire brigade 171 Earthquake assistance

Operator services

100 NTT operator 106 Operator assisted collect call service 108 Automated collect call service 113 NTT technical faults hotline 116 NTT customer service and general enquiries

Directory services

104 NTT national directory enquiries 0057 KDDI international directory enquiries

pecial services

114 Automated number-busy check 115 Telegram service 117 Speaking clock 136 Information on last incoming call 177 Weather forecast

Long distance carrier selection (Myline)

With the exception of 001, all carrier selection codes are 4 digits long. They are dialed before the phone number to select a specific carrier.

001 KDDI (international) 0033 NTT Communications 0036 NTT East 0037 Fusion Communications 0039 NTT West 0041 Japan Telecom (international) 0056 KDDI (international) 0061 Japan Telecom (international) 0071 Verizon Japan 0077 KDDI (national) 0080 T-Systems 0081 Fusion Communications 0088 Japan Telecom (national) 0089 T-Systems

Non-geographic area codes

0120 NTT Freedial, tollfree services 0130 Automated information services 0140 Disaster relief wireless communications 0160 Disaster relief satellite communications 0170 NTT Dengon Dial, chat line services 0180 NTT Telegong, TV/Radio show feedback dial-in 0180 NTT Teledome, automated information services 0190 NTT Angel Line, automated directory services via PC/modem 0190 NTT Annai Jozu, automated directory services via telephone 0800 Other tollfree services 020 Paging services 030 Mobile telephony services (legacy systems, PDC, J-CDMA, UMTS) 040 Mobile telephony services (legacy systems, PDC, J-CDMA, UMTS) 050 IP telephony service (via internet service providers) 0570 Navi Dial, non-geographic wireline 060 Universal personal number services 070 Mobile telephony and data services (PHS) 080 Mobile telephony and data services (PDC, J-CDMA, UMTS) 090 Mobile telephony and data services (PDC, J-CDMA, UMTS) 0910 Private circuit access, local rate services 0990 NTT DialQ2, premium rate services

Decommissioned area codes

0150 formerly used for maritime wireless communications 0450 formerly used for maritime wireless communications 0750 formerly used for maritime wireless communications

Area codes (市外局番 "shigai-kyokuban") of selected major cities

011 Sapporo 017 (next digit 7) Aomori 018 (next digit 8) Akita 019 (next digit 6) Morioka 022 Sendai 023 (next digit 6) Yamagata 024 (next digit 5) Fukushima 024 (next digit 9) Koriyama 0242 Aizuwakamatsu 025 Niigata 026 Nagano 027 (next digit 2) Maebashi 027 (next digit 3) Takasaki 028 (next digit 6) Utsunomiya 03 Tokyo 043 (next digit 2 or 3) Chiba 044 Kawasaki 045 Yokohama 046 (next digit 2) Atsugi 046 (next digit 8) Yokosuka 048 Saitama (formed in 2001 by the merger of three cities) 049 Kawagoe 052 Nagoya 053 Hamamatsu 054 Shizuoka 055 Kofu 058 Gifu 059 Tsu 06 Osaka 072 Sakai 073 Wakayama 0742 Nara 075 Kyoto 076 (next digit 2)Kanazawa 0761 Komatsu 076 (next digit 4)Toyama 0766 Takaoka 0776 Fukui 078 Kobe 0792 Himeji 082 Hiroshima 0827 Iwakuni 083 Yamaguchi 0852 Matsue 086 Okayama 087 (next digit 8) Takamatsu 088 (next digit 6) Tokushima 088 (next digit 8) Kochi 089 (next digit 9) Matsuyama 092 Fukuoka 093 Kitakyushu 0942 Kurume 095 (next digit 8) Nagasaki 0952 Saga 0956 Sasebo 096 Kumamoto 097 Ōita 098 Naha 0985 Miyazaki 099 Kagoshima

Geographic numbers are 10 digits long including the leading 0 and the area code. Consequently, densely populated areas have shorter area codes, while less populated areas have longer area codes. For example:

06 xxxx xxxx (Osaka) 075 xxx xxxx (Kyoto) 0742 xx xxxx (Nara) 04992 x xxxx (Niijima island, Tokyo pref.) 082486 xxxx (Takano, Hiroshima pref.)

Area codes increase from north to south; Sapporo in Hokkaidō (the northernmost prefecture) has 011, and Setouchi's 09973 is far to the south in Kagoshima. When the telephone system was devised, Okinawa was still under US occupation, so when it was returned to Japan in 1972, its telephone numbers were squeezed between Miyazaki (098x) and Kagoshima (099x), and begin with 0988, 0989, and 0980.

During the 1990s, when plans were being drawn up to amalgamate mid-sized cities and towns into larger municipalities, telephone numbering systems were merged in advance. For example,

07442 x xxxx Kashihara (Nara prefecture) 07444 x xxxx Sakurai 074452 xxxx Takatori 074454 xxxx Asuka etc.

became:

0744 2x xxxx Kashihara 0744 4x xxxx Sakurai 0744 52 xxxx Takatori 0744 54 xxxx Asuka etc.

Many of these towns have in fact refused to merge, leaving callers with more digits to dial when making local calls. This is partially balanced by not having to dial an area code for the neighboring city.

ee also

*Telephone numbering plan
*List of dialing codes in Japan
*Telephone information page of the Japan National Tourist Organisation (JNTO) [http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/arrange/essential/telephone.html]


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