Shiga Inochi no Denwa: phone number and hours

Shiga Inochi no Denwa is a suicide-prevention helpline in Shiga Prefecture that listens to people who are losing the strength to go on amid loneliness and anxiety. It opened on August 10, 2008, and at the time was the 50th Inochi no Denwa in Japan. Calls are taken Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 10:00–20:30; you do not have to give your name and the counseling is free.

• Toll-free "Suicide Prevention Inochi no Denwa"

  0120-783-556

  A suicide-prevention line answered by Inochi no Denwa centers across Japan. Daily 16:00–21:00; on the 10th of every month 8:00 to 8:00 on the 11th. Calls are free. From an IP phone, call 03-6634-7830 (charged; only from 8:00 on the 10th to 8:00 the next morning).

• You do not have to give your name, counseling is free, and your conversation is confidential.
• Calls are answered by trained and certified telephone counselors who keep up their skills through monthly continuing training.
• Your phone number is not recorded or displayed on the center's receiving equipment, so you cannot be identified.
• All calls are recorded so that counselors can listen better, but the center states the recordings are never used for any other purpose.
• Because there are not enough counselors, the center explains that you may sometimes hear the out-of-hours message and be unable to get through even during operating hours.

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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