Child with a Fever in Tokyo at Night or on a Weekend (2026): Who to Call, in Which Language, What to Bring

Checked 2026-11-12 · Updated 2026-11-13

Checked 13 Nov 2026 on the official pages of the Tokyo Fire Department (#7119 and the English Tokyo EMS Guide), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (the #8000 children's line, the foreign-language medical information line, the list of health lines), JNTO and the Japan Tourism Agency. This article tells you which line to call, by time of day and by language. It is not medical advice. Whether your child needs a doctor is for a doctor, the #7119 or #8000 team, or 119 to judge.

Short answer. Save three numbers before you land. (1) #7119 (or 03-3212-2323; Tama area 042-521-2323), the Tokyo Fire Department's line for "hospital, or ambulance?": 24 hours, 365 days, answered by doctors, nurses and former ambulance crew. (2) #8000 (or 03-5285-8898), Tokyo's line for children: weekdays 18:00–8:00, and Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and the year-end from 8:00 to 8:00 the next morning. (3) 119 for an ambulance. The official pages don't mention foreign languages for #7119 or #8000. To find a clinic that speaks your language, call Tokyo's medical information line 03-5285-8181: English, Chinese, Korean, Thai and Spanish, every day 9:00–20:00 (not Malay). After 20:00, the Japan Visitor Hotline 050-3816-2787 answers 24 hours in English, Chinese and Korean. Tokyo has no single night emergency centre on the pages checked: ask #7119 which hospital can take you now. Bring the passport, travel insurance details, the child's current medicines and cash in yen. Checked 13 Nov 2026.

1. Who to call, by time

From the Tokyo Fire Department and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, checked 13 Nov 2026.

December 2026 dates. Saturdays are 5, 12, 19 and 26 Dec; Sundays are 6, 13, 20 and 27 Dec. There's no public holiday in December. On those days Tokyo's #8000 runs from 8:00 to 8:00 the next morning. Tokyo's page says "the year-end" but gives no exact dates.

2. The Tokyo Fire Department's #7119

From the Tokyo Fire Department's pages, checked 13 Nov 2026.

3. Tokyo's #8000, the children's health line

From the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's page (updated 19 Jun 2026), checked 13 Nov 2026.

4. When you want to speak English

Paying. Japan Tourism Agency: credit cards are only accepted at major hospitals; clinics generally take cash only. Ask for an estimate at reception. Without travel insurance you may be charged the full amount. No official page checked gives a price for a visit.

The steps for any illness or injury in Japan, and the medicine limits for bringing your own: sick or injured in Japan. If your trip includes Hokkaido: child with a fever in Sapporo.

5. What to have ready before you call

1. The hotel's address in Japanese (a screenshot), for 119 or a taxi.
2. Passport and travel insurance policy number and the insurer's 24-hour number.
3. The child's current medicines and doses, and what you have already given.
4. Cash in yen for a clinic (clinics generally take cash only).
5. A phone with data, for the Tokyo EMS Guide and the map.

The Japan Tourism Agency also has a personal medical information sheet to fill in before treatment (on the same page). Whether to go and how fast: ask a doctor, #7119 or #8000. This article only covers who to call.

6. What the official pages don't say

1. Languages on Tokyo's #7119 and #8000. Not stated. (In Sapporo, #7119 lists 22 languages including Malay; Tokyo doesn't.)
2. A single night emergency centre for children. Not on the pages checked. Which hospital can take you varies by night: ask #7119.
3. What a visit costs.
4. The exact "year-end" dates for #8000.
5. Malay. Not on the list for 03-5285-8181 or the Japan Visitor Hotline.

When an official page changes, this article gets updated.

Sources

All checked 13 November 2026. Next check: 1 December 2026.

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