TL;DR
Pick the countries on your trip to make a card of their emergency numbers, from official sources: 112 in every EU country, and 110 for the police and 119 for an ambulance or fire in Japan. Print it, or save it as an image for your phone.
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The numbers we can source
- Any EU country: 112 for the police, an ambulance or the fire service.1
- Japan: 110 for the police, 119 for an ambulance or a fire.23
- Switzerland: the European Commission says 112 is also used there.1
For the other countries on this site outside the EU, our sources do not say which number local services expect, so the card says so rather than guess. The Commission says 112 is available worldwide on GSM mobile networks.1 See emergency numbers in Europe and Japan.
Key takeaways
- 112 works in every EU country.
- Japan: 110 police, 119 ambulance and fire.
- What we would skip: assuming 112 is the local number outside the EU.
Sources
Numbers as the official sources give them. See how we research.
- European Commission, Shaping Europe's digital future, 112 - the EU's emergency phone number (last update 23 June 2026). Read it. Accessed 24 September 2026. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0; we summarised it.
- National Police Agency, 令和6年版 警察白書 (White Paper on Police 2024), chapter 2, 事件・事故への即応 (rapid response to incidents and accidents). Read it. Accessed 24 September 2026. 出典：警察庁ウェブサイト（https://www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/r06/honbun/html/aa2232000.html）
- Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Guide for Ambulance Services (English leaflet, from the page 訪日外国人のための救急車利用ガイド) (PDF). Read it. Accessed 24 September 2026. 出典：消防庁ホームページ（https://www.fdma.go.jp/publication/portal/items/portal001_fryer_english.pdf）
The card only lists the numbers above for the countries you pick.