safety tips
"Safety tips" notifies a user with Earthquake Early Warnings, Tsunami Warnings and other special Weather 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 foreign residents in Japan.
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 notifications when Earthquake Early Warning for local earthquakes of seismic intensity level 4 or greater, Tsunami Warning,
or other special weather warnings are issued for the selected locations.
Earthquake List
Information on past earthquakes (seismic intensity level of 3 or higher) can be viewed (a maximum of ten records).
Weather Warning List
Weather Warnings (heavy rainfall, flood, windstorm, blizzard, heavy snowfall, high wave, tidal wave) and
special warnings (heavy rainfall, windstorm, blizzard, heavy snowfall, high wave, tidal wave) issued for the selected locations can be viewed.
Explanations on Weather Warnings and appropriate responses to the warnings are available.
Volcanic Warning List
Currently issued volcanic warnings can be viewed.
About seismic intensity scale
Explanation concerning the intensity of an earthquake is provided (according to the seismic intensity scale).
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 sentences 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.
Multilingualization
The application is available in five languages: Japanese, English, simplified and traditional Chinese, and Korean.
《Terms of Use》
please note that notifications will NOT be given if more than one month has elapsed since the last update of location settings.
It is necessary to activate the GPS, if you wish to set locations by using Location Information Service (GPS).
The Location Information Service is also used to obtain information of your current location to allow the application to display both your current location and the earthquake location on a map.
