Human Rights Hotline 110 for Everyone: phone number and hours

• Foreign-language human rights consultation dial

  0570-090-911

  A dedicated line (Navi Dial) for people who cannot speak Japanese freely. It is available in English, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Nepali, Spanish, Indonesian and Thai, and connects you to the Legal Affairs Bureau responsible for your area through a private multilingual telephone interpretation service. Weekdays 9:00–17:00 (closed over the New Year holidays).

• Online human rights consultation

  Fill in and send the consultation form, and your nearest Legal Affairs Bureau replies later by email, by phone or in an in-person meeting.

• List of phone numbers for IP phones

  If 0570-003-110 cannot be used from some IP phones or other services, call the number for each Legal Affairs Bureau.

• Children's Human Rights Hotline 110

  0120-007-110

  Consultations about children are also accepted at the toll-free number 0120-007-110.

• When you call, automated voice guidance plays: press 1 for women's human rights, 2 for older people, 3 for people with disabilities, and 4 for other human rights issues.
• On October 1, 2025, the "Women's Human Rights Hotline" was merged into the Human Rights Hotline 110 for Everyone, and consultations about women's human rights are taken on option 1.
• Calls go to the nearest Legal Affairs Bureau, where bureau staff or a human rights volunteer takes the consultation. Depending on the area you call from, a Legal Affairs Bureau that does not cover that area may take the call.
• Consultation is free and confidential. You can consult about sexual harassment, power harassment, domestic violence, corporal punishment, bullying, online defamation, discrimination and more.
• When needed, the Legal Affairs Bureau investigates and takes measures such as referring you to relevant agencies, mediating between the parties, or asking the person who violated human rights to make improvements. These relief measures are not legally enforceable.

• Some IP phones and other services may not be able to call this number. In that case, call the IP phone number of the relevant Legal Affairs Bureau.
• Callers are reminded to be careful not to misdial the number.

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.