Missing Persons Japan
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Reporting and Inquiring about Missing Persons
Prefecture Police Missing Persons Hotlines
These are 24-hour hotlines, in Japanese, specifically for reporting and inquiring about missing persons.
Miyagi Prefecture: 022-221-2000
Iwate Prefecture: 0120-801-471
Fukushima Prefecture: 0120-510-186 (From satellite phones: 090-8424-4207 090-8424-4208)
Prefecture Police General Information
Fukushima Police Station Phone Numbers
Ibaraki Police Station Links by Name and Map
Miyagi Police Station Links by Name and Map
Cell Provider Message Boards
These message boards are available to post messages and look for messages according to the cell phone number of the person being looked for.
Docomo: http://dengon.docomo.ne.jp/top.cgi
KDDI (Ezweb): http://dengon.ezweb.ne.jp/
Softbank: http://dengon.softbank.ne.jp/
Wilcom: http://dengon.willcom-inc.com/dengon/Top.do
Emobile: http://dengon.emnet.ne.jp/
NTT emergency voice message board: Dial 171. View message board at https://www.web171.jp
Web Services
Red Cross Family Links
http://www.icrc.org/Web/doc/siterfl0.nsf/htmlall/familylinks-japon-eng
http://www.icrc.org/FAMILYLINKS
Google People Finder (Caution: This site has been spammed with false reports.)
http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/
List of Refugees
How to post Photos of Refugee Lists
Fukushima Prefecture
Iwate Prefecture
Iwate Daily Newspaper
Miyagi Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture List of Shelters and Evacuees
Tagajo City list of Shelters and Refugees
List of Missing Persons
Miyagi Prefecture Not sure how often it is updated
Identity of the Dead
47 News Compiled Daily
Data Challenges
Below is a list of challenges faced during the response catalogued for after action reports
Blogs
- Japan Probe: Warning do not trust death reports on Google person finder
- UK Metro: 'Sick' messages on Google people finder leave Japan earthquake families distraught
- The Telegraph (UK): Families turn to the web for any news of earthquake-hit loved ones
- SFGate: Google activates Person Finder for Japan quake, tsunami
Discussions
- Content to come.
