Fukuoka Inochi no Denwa: phone number and hours

Fukuoka Inochi no Denwa is a telephone helpline that opened in October 1984 and now takes calls about worries and anxieties 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Volunteer counselors who have completed training and been certified listen to callers, and in recent years the center has handled around 13,000 calls a year.

• Suicide Prevention Inochi no Denwa (toll-free)

  0120-783-556

  Available on the 10th of every month. From a mobile phone, you can also find the details through the QR code on the center's home page.

• Online counseling (email counseling)

  Email counseling run jointly with Inochi no Denwa centers across Japan. Use it through the website of the Federation of Inochi no Denwa.

• You do not need to give your name when you call, and what you talk about is kept confidential.
• Calls are answered by volunteer counselors who have completed training and been certified.
• Your beliefs, convictions and religion are respected, and counseling is free apart from the cost of the call.
• The center is a member of the Federation of Inochi no Denwa and, together with centers across Japan, takes part in the suicide-prevention toll-free line on the 10th of every month.
• In recent years the number of calls received per year (valid calls) has been around 13,000.

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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