Safety tips

This Application notifies a user with Earthquake Early Warnings and Tsunami Warnings issued in Japan. It is a free application developed under the supervision of Japan Tourism Agency. The Application provides various functions useful for both foreign tourists and residents in Japan.

＜Main functions and its utilization＞
- Receiving Earthquake Early Warnings and Tsunami Warnings
→ Before using the Application for the first time, select locations for which you wish to receive warnings from the Settings Menu (you may select a maximum of five locations (in Japan only))(*). Users will receive notification when Earthquake Early Warning and Tsunami Warning affect their registered locations.
(*) It is necessary to activate the GPS, if you wish to register the location by using Location Information Service (GPS). The Location Information Service could also be used to obtain information of the present location. In such case, earthquake location and present location will be displayed on a map.
- Earthquake List
→Information on past earthquakes can be viewed (a maximum of ten records are stored).
- Evacuation flow chart
→Actions to be taken during a disaster are shown in the form of a flow chart.
- Communication cards
→A set of question sentence that can be used when asking questions to people around you during a disaster.
- Links
→Links to other sources of information that may be necessary during disaster situations (contact information of embassy, nearest tourist centers, etc.), and other information concerning disasters and tourism.
- About seismic intensity scale
→Explanation concerning the intensity of an earthquake is provided (according to the seismic intensity scale).