On Fri, 31 Oct 1997 DamienRoc@aol.com wrote:

>>Junko read a letter for the "sentimental mistake" corner. Someone
>>called 119 instead of calling 117 (for the time). He quickly
>>apologized. Junko said that she called 119 by mistake too, but she
>>hung up on them. Then the next day, the police came over to her house.
>
>Is "119" what you dial for emergency in Japan? (Over here it's "911")

Yeah. This actually turned up in the Inuyasha manga (which I'm
translating) several weeks ago, and I thought the person was talking
about house 119... (opps)

Luckily, I have a Japanese friend who corrected me.

btw, it's 999, here in the UK.



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