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Safety and Security Information While no one wants to dwell on the thought of impending disaster, prudent planning can give you piece of mind knowing that you have prepared your family or company as well as possible.This page offers some resources of use in disaster preparedness.
Personal Safety PrecautionsWe continue to strongly recommend all Americans review their personal safety precautions, and that organizations associated with the American community should implement heightened security measures.Many callers to the Embassy have asked for advice on how to prepare and protect themselves.An excellent source of specific things you can do to enhance your or your organization's security is available online from the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), established by the U.S. Department of State in 1985 to foster the exchange of information between American companies with overseas operations and the U.S. Government. Specifically, you may wish to review the following OSAC documents:
Please also take a look at our tips on the new security guidelines for flights into and within the U.S. AnthraxIn the Tokyo area, two facilities can assist with anthrax-related testing and care should it become necessary:
Both hospitals are capable of culturing a person and providing medication, both Cipro or doxycycline if the person is allergic to Cipro. These antibiotics are available in Japan, but by prescription only. Here are some additional resources if you'd like to learn more about anthrax:
Anthrax Information from the U.S. Postal Service
Community Security UpdateSign up for our free email list. You will receive by email our public announcements on safety and security issues in Japan (this service is also known as the "warden system").Just type your email address into the box below and click "Subscribe" More Online Resources
RumorsMany people have contacted the Embassy in relation to rumors and threats they have heard.In any instance where you believe a threat exists, please contact the Japanese police, who are able to assist in such matters where the Embassy cannot.The Embassy has no police powers and cannot investigate suspicious persons or activities.Information of value to law enforcement agencies in the U.S. should be reported to the Embassy's Regional Security Office at 03-3224-5583. In addition, we ask all Americans to examine each rumor/ threat/concern with a critical eye. Letters sent to Americans from Brunei (which caused many people to fear that the envelopes contained anthrax) were mailed to customers of Global Healthcare.Global confirms that they contracted to send the letters to its customers, and the mailing firm routed the mailings through Brunei.The envelopes have the former Global address covered with the Brunei return address stamp/label, which refers to a "Lockbox #8" in Brunei. Global can be reached in Japan at 06-4706-7701.Persons with different envelopes or other concerns about mail should contact the Japanesepolice. In addition, concerns that caused one Tokyo international school to close appear to be localized versions of an Internet "urban myth" that involved a person being "tipped off" to a terrorist action by a Middle Eastern friend.You can read the Internet version at www.snopes2.com/rumors/warning.htm. It is not our intent to respond to every rumor overheard; rather, we offer these two specific examples to suggest how misinformation may spread, and to encourage Americans to carefully evaluate information they receive before acting on it. Telephonic Bomb ThreatsTelephonic bomb threats were received by an American company and an international press office in Japan. The threats were delivered in English and gave a specific time for the bomb to detonate. These threats proved to be hoaxes. In each instance the Japanese police responded and, with the company and building management, evacuated the threatened buildings.Police can be contacted by phone anywhere in Japan by dialing 110 (cell phone users may need to dial the local police station directly). Employees and family members should be able to report threats to the police in Japanese if possible. You may wish to prepare a "fill-in-the-blanks" script ("I wish to report a bomb threat received at (time) ---- by our company") in romanized Japanese that could be read into the phone by a non-Japanese speaker in an emergency. The Embassy advises all U.S. enterprises to review procedures for receiving and assessing bomb threats, and to prepare contingency plans for such threats. Information on how to prepare for and react to bomb threats is available online as Security Guidelines for American Enterprises Abroad.
For more information, including our phone and FAX number, please contact the office serving your part of Japan. The U.S. Embassy and our Consulates are closed on both U.S. and Japanese holidays. This is an official source of U.S. Government information on the Web. Inclusion of Non-U.S. Government links or information does not imply endorsement of contents.
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