{"id":162618,"date":"2024-04-25T13:33:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T04:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=162618&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-04-25T13:33:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T04:33:06","slug":"fukuoka-and-saga-police-train-for-non-japanese-speaker-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-and-saga-police-train-for-non-japanese-speaker-emergencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka and Saga Police Train for Non-Japanese Speaker Emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In anticipation of the rainy season, police forces from Fukuoka and Saga prefectures held a joint training exercise in Tosu, Saga, to improve emergency response for non-Japanese speakers. The drill simulated a scenario where a foreigner, unfamiliar with Japanese, reports a flooding incident. The police utilized a multilingual call center service that supports 21 languages, drones for situational assessment, and boats for rescue operations. This training underscores the police&#8217;s commitment to ensuring that language barriers do not hinder emergency reporting and response during disaster situations. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=12268266&amp;ymd=2024-04-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162605\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_non-japanese-speaker-emergency_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1392%2C782&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka and Saga Police Train for Non-Japanese Speaker Emergencies\" width=\"1392\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_non-japanese-speaker-emergency_2024_cl.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_non-japanese-speaker-emergency_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_non-japanese-speaker-emergency_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C575&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/fnn_non-japanese-speaker-emergency_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. 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The drill simulated a scenario where a foreigner, unfamiliar with Japanese, reports a flooding incident. The police utilized a multilingual call center service that supports 21 languages, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":162612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-162618","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","location-saga-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/162618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}