Indian Embassy in Japan sets up helpline numbers after tsunami warning

The Indian Embassy in Japan has set up an emergency control room for anyone to contact in connection with an earthquake and tsunami that hit the island nation on January 1, 2024.

In a press statement, the Embassy released emergency numbers and email IDs that can be contacted for assistance and relief.

HERE ARE THE EMERGENCY CONTACT DETAILS

+81-80-3930-1715 (Yakub Topno)

+81-70-1492-0049 (Ajay Sethi)

+81-80-3214-4734 (DN Barnwal)

+81-80-6229-5382 (S Bhattacharya)

+81-80-3214-4722 (Vivek



Rathee)

sscons.tokyo@mea.gov.in

offfseco.tokyo@mea.gov.in

Notably, a powerful earthquake and tsunami struck central Japan and its western coast on Monday, triggering warnings for residents to evacuate, knocking out power to thousands of homes and disrupting flights and rail services to the affected region.

The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 triggered waves of around 1 metre along parts of the Sea of Japan coast with a larger wave expected, as per the country's public broadcaster NHK.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued tsunami warnings for the coastal prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama. Russia also issued tsunami warnings in its far eastern cities of Vladivostok and Nakhodka.