At 18:05 97/10/31 +0000, Chris Rijk 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.

000 in Australia...

110 in Germany (for police, 112 for fire/ambulance - if memory serves, it's
been 15 years).


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