Call 119

Yakushima: not 999, not 911, 119
 

Given the extensive use of emergency phone numbers in un/popular culture – the extent that it’s easier to remember the emergency number from another country?

A comprehensive list of emergency numbers here.

Design team colleague Fumiko mulls on the mis-use of emergency numbers in Japan, including the introduction of a fast-track emergency number here, and Younghee touches on the report-a-North-Korean-spy number in South Korea here.