Fukushima Inochi no Denwa: phone number and hours

Fukushima Inochi no Denwa opened in September 1997 as the 43rd Inochi no Denwa in Japan and the 5th in the Tohoku region. It takes calls every day of the year from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and on the 3rd Saturday of every month it runs 24 hours, until 10:00 a.m. the next day. Calls are answered by trained, certified volunteer counselors, and you can talk without giving your name.

• Suicide Prevention Inochi no Denwa (toll-free number)

  0120-738-556

  Free of call charges. On the 10th of every month from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 the next morning. Fukushima Inochi no Denwa takes part in the suicide prevention toll-free line organized by the Federation of Inochi no Denwa

• Navi Dial

  0570-783-556

  Hours 10:00–22:00. You are connected in turn from the Navi Dial reception center

• Calls are answered by volunteer counselors who have completed about 2 years of training and been certified.
• You can talk without giving your name, and your conversation is confidential. Counseling is free.
• It takes calls about all kinds of worries, including life, family, marriage, health and relationships. No particular ideology or religion is imposed.
• In 2004 it also opened a branch office in Koriyama City, which takes counseling calls.
• Calls are recorded solely for counselor training. Recordings are not used for any other purpose, and the caller's phone number is not displayed, so individuals cannot be identified.

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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