Aichi Inochi no Denwa: phone number and hours

Nagoya Inochi no Denwa was founded on July 1, 1985, as the 19th Inochi no Denwa center in Japan, and is run by the Aichi Inochi no Denwa Association (social welfare corporation). It has taken calls 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, since May 1, 1999. Unpaid volunteer counselors listen without asking your name and keep your conversation confidential.

• Suicide Prevention Inochi no Denwa (toll-free)

  0120-783-556

  Daily 16:00–21:00. On the 10th of every month, 24 hours from 8:00 to 8:00 on the 11th. Both counseling and the call are free; each call is about 20 minutes.

• Navi Dial

  0570-783-556

  Daily 10:00–22:00. Connects you to an Inochi no Denwa center somewhere in Japan. Counseling is free but call charges apply, and it cannot be used from IP phones.

• Online counseling

  If you find it hard to talk, you can get counseling by email. Use it from the website of the Federation of Inochi no Denwa.

• You do not have to give your name, and what you talk about is kept confidential.
• Calls with caller ID blocked cannot get through, so you need to show your number, for example by dialing "186" before the number. Individual counselors never learn your number.
• Counselors are unpaid volunteers who keep training on their own and value anonymity and confidentiality.
• Many calls are about mental health problems and illness, and recently calls about family and interpersonal relationships have been increasing.
• Counseling is free, but no financial assistance can be given.

Your municipality (city, ward, town or village) also has counters for welfare, health and child-rearing concerns. Call the main number, explain what you want to discuss, and ask for the counter in charge.

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