! Priority #1: Ensuring Your Own Safety
1. If an Earthquake Occurs [Most Important]
Protect your head and ensure your safety
Stay low, get under a desk, and protect your head with your belongings.
Stay away from hazardous objects
Watch out for falling or toppling objects such as window glass, lighting fixtures, and shelves.
Secure an evacuation exit
Once the major shaking subsides, confirm safety and open doors or other exits.
Wait inside the building until the shaking and aftershocks subside
In the event of an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 6-lower or higher, emergency broadcasts will be made; stay calm and follow the instructions.
However, if there is imminent danger, such as significant damage to the building, ensure your safety and evacuate outside immediately.
Stop using any open flames
Extinguish any flames and close the main gas and water valves.
Check if a fire has broken out.
If a fire occurs, respond according to 2. If a Fire Occurs below.
2. If a Fire Occurs
Alert those around you
Shout "Fire!" loudly to alert people nearby.
Report the fire
Press the fire alarm button and report to the security/monitoring room.
Perform initial firefighting
Use fire extinguishers or indoor fire hydrants.
If you determine that initial firefighting is impossible—such as if flames reach the ceiling or the area fills with smoke—alert those around you and evacuate outside the building immediately.
3. Rescue of the Injured and Evacuation
Check for and rescue injured persons
Carefully assess the surrounding situation to perform a rescue, or ask for help from those nearby and report to the security room and 119.
Evacuate according to evacuation guidance instructions
Use stairs or emergency exits and evacuate quietly without running, while watching out for falling objects and glass shards.
Never use elevators as you may become trapped. (Use stairs or emergency exits.)
Support the evacuation of persons with disabilities, those requiring special consideration, international students, etc.
4. Contacting Family and the University
After ensuring your safety, promptly contact your family or guarantor to report your status.
If phone lines are congested, you can use disaster message services.
NTT Disaster Message Board (Web171)
You can register and check safety information via the internet. It is accessible from PCs and smartphones.
Disaster Voice Message Service (171)
You can record and play back safety information using a telephone.
How to Record
Dial "171"
Select "1" following the guidance
Enter the phone number of the person whose safety you want to check
Record your message
How to Play Back
Dial "171"
Select "2" following the guidance
Enter the phone number of the person whose safety you want to check
Play back the message
Disaster Message Board Services by Mobile Carriers
The URLs for disaster message boards where you can check messages from mobile phones or PCs during a large-scale disaster are as follows.
It is recommended to perform a test in advance.
Web Services to Confirm the Safety of Friends and Family During a Disaster
Safety Confirmation System
In the event of a disaster, please promptly respond to your safety status according to the notifications sent from the Safety Confirmation System.
5. If Returning Home Becomes Difficult
If public transportation stops, stay on campus instead of attempting to return home by force to prevent secondary disasters caused by being stranded.
Wait where you are until you are guided to a waiting area or temporary evacuation site via emergency broadcasts or other instructions.
Routine Preparations for Disasters
Confirm evacuation sites (around your home, on your commute to school/work, etc.)
Confirm how to contact family and where to meet
Register for and test disaster message services and smartphone apps
Confirm your route home and the time required (walking during a disaster: approx. 2.5 km/h)
Useful Items to Carry With You
Cash (including coins)
Health insurance card
Towels, bandages, and gauze
Tissues and wet wipes
Emergency thermal aluminum sheet
Chocolate, candy, etc.
Identification (student ID, driver's license, etc.)
Rain gear (raincoat, etc.)
Mobile charger and spare batteries
Polyethylene trash bags
Permanent marker
Whistle