Yesterday, three Japanese tourists were killed in Tunisia by terrorists. In these cases, the embassies of Japan in the local area supports Japanese citizens.
In 2013 Japanese embassies in the world carried out 17,796 of emergency services for Japanese citizens. The following shows the changes in the number of emergency services by Japanese embassies in the world, 2004-2013.
Year | Total cases | Crime related cases | Lost and found cases | Other cases |
2004 | 16,023 | 6,066 | 3,519 | 6,438 |
2005 | 15,955 | 6,022 | 3,734 | 6,199 |
2006 | 16,523 | 5,839 | 3,604 | 7,080 |
2007 | 15,964 | 5,341 | 3,619 | 7,004 |
2008 | 16,364 | 5,229 | 3,276 | 7,859 |
2009 | 16,963 | 5,160 | 3,072 | 8,731 |
2010 | 17,515 | 5,251 | 3,253 | 9,011 |
2011 | 17,093 | 5,010 | 3,415 | 8,668 |
2012 | 18,219 | 5,198 | 3,597 | 9,424 |
2013 | 17,796 | 5,091 | 3,338 | 9,367 |
Year | Number of involved persons | Died | Injured | Total travelers |
2004 | 21,871 | 564 | 788 | 16,831,112 |
2005 | 19,503 | 615 | 669 | 17,403,565 |
2006 | 18,771 | 484 | 590 | 17,534,565 |
2007 | 17,643 | 547 | 610 | 17,294,935 |
2008 | 18,098 | 615 | 600 | 15,987,250 |
2009 | 18,843 | 513 | 443 | 15,445,684 |
2010 | 19,882 | 549 | 708 | 16,637,224 |
2011 | 19,533 | 592 | 442 | 16,994,200 |
2012 | 20,378 | 537 | 477 | 18,490,657 |
2013 | 19,746 | 601 | 420 | 17,472,748 |
Embassies/Consulates which supported many cases.
Rank | Embassy/Consulate | Cases |
1 | Embassy in Thailand | 1,216 |
2 | Consulate in Shanghai | 1,116 |
3 | Embassy in France | 829 |
4 | Embassy in Philippines | 770 |
5 | Embassy in the UK | 682 |
6 | Consulate in New York | 663 |
7 | Consulate in Los Angeles | 655 |
8 | Consulate in Barcelona | 410 |
9 | Embassy in Korea | 358 |
10 | Embassy in China | 342 |
11 | Consulate in Hong Kong | 333 |
12 | Consulate in Honolulu | 305 |
13 | Consulate in San Francisco | 303 |
14 | Embassy in Italy | 275 |
15 | Consulate in Guangzhou, China | 248 |
16 | Consulate in Ho Chi Minh | 240 |
17 | Consulate in Hagatna, US | 226 |
18 | Consulate in Seattle | 223 |
19 | Consulate in Chiang Mai, Thai | 221 |
20 | Consulate in Vancouver | 213 |
Source is Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/anzen_info/support.html
www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/anzen_info/pdf/2013.pdf
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