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http://news.yahoo.co.jp/story/150
Yahoo! Japan is providing the information such as utilities and infrastructures in English for foreigners in Japan.
Yahoo! Japan is providing the information such as utilities and infrastructures in English for foreigners in Japan.
http://www5.nhk.or.jp/saigai/index_td.html
Link to the disaster information reported by each NHK broadcast station
Link to the disaster information reported by each NHK broadcast station
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“熊本県内の各金融機関は、１８日以降、被災して預金通帳やキャッシュカードなどが無くなった場合でも、運転免許証や健康保険証など本人と確認できる書類があれば、預貯金を引き出すことができる措置を窓口で行うことにしています。”
Each bank in Kumamoto has announced that
due to the recent earthquake, customers who have a form of identification
(drivers license or heath insurance card) may withdraw up to 100,000 ~ 300,000 yen.
This is a procedure they are taking from the 18th for customers who
have lost their passbook, personal seal, or cash cards.
•Kumamoto Chuo Shinkin Bank
•Kumamoto Dai-Ichi Shinkin Bank
•Kumamoto Shinkin Bank
•Japan Post
•JA Kamimashiki
And
major banks (The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ etc.) are preparing to take the
same steps, too.
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A link to the emergency messaging service for each
cellphone company
【docomo】→http://dengon.docomo.ne.jp/top.cgi
【SoftBank】→ http://dengon.softbank.ne.jp/
Messaging service for NTT Communications
Access from public pay phones, cellphones, and PHS are
available.
(for Disaster Victims)
Dial 171 and punch 1＋your home telephone number (including area code)
and record a message for 30seconds.
(for people trying to contact victims of the earthquake)
Dial 171 and punch 2＋the phone number of the person you want to
contact(including area code) and check if there is a message.
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Three major mobile phone providers — NTT Docomo Inc., KDDI Corp. and
SoftBank Corp. — said they had activated emergency public WiFi hot spots in
Kumamoto Prefecture. The WiFi access point is named “00000JAPAN” and is available free of charge regardless of a
person’s existing phone carrier.
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How to RESTART the gas meter
(picture from
Japan Gas Assosiation webpage)
Check that you have closed your gas
cock completely. Be careful of any gas leaks.
If your gas meter has stopped, a red
light will be blinking.
1. Turn the black top on the top left to the counterclockwise
direction.
2. Once the top is off there will be a button beneath it. Press the
button.
3. Put the black top back on.
4. Wait around 3 minutes. During this time, do not try to use your gas.
Check for any gas leaks at this point.
5. Check that the red
light has stopped blinking. Once it has stopped its blinking, it signals that
you have regained your gas.
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Below,
a link to Google maps that shows where has relief supplies and hot food. Red
pins: currently active. Yellow pins: former places or
just the area for evacuation. Blue pins: having system supporting provision of
food for allergy.
The
link below gathers the tweets where the relief supplies have been delivered. If
you type the keywords in search box, you can get further information for that
area.
You
can download a PDF (5MB) English version for dealing with allergy ailments in
children during disasters from JSPACI.
