LastUpDate: April 1, 2024

Multilingual Support at Medical Facilities


Fukuoka City Medical Interpreting Call Center


Available services

You can receive referrals to medical institutions and consult with hospitals or prescription pharmacies in multiple languages.


Telephone number

Tel: 092-733-5429


Service fee

Free (however, you will be charged your phone service provider's call rate)


Lines open

24 hours a day, 365 days a year


Supported languages

20 languages are supported
(English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Tagalog, Nepali, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Russian, Malay, Myanmar, Khmer, Mongolian, Sinhalese and Hindi)


Call Center leaflet

Fukuoka City Medical Interpreting Call Center leaflet (764kbyte)pdf


Medical facility search page


Fukuoka Medical Information Guide
Search hospital by correspondent language

・You can search online for medical facilities that provide foreign language support.
・Information on facilities and services reported by medical institutions in Fukuoka Prefecture is available online.
・You can search for medical facilities using a variety of criteria, including opening hours, field of medicine, location, and languages available.
⚠ The site is available in Japanese and English only.