+81 is the country code for Japan

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+81 explained

The Japan country code, 81, is what you dial before Japan numbers when you call from abroad. It is also known as the Japan dialing code, Japan calling code, or Japan phone code. In the Japan phone number format, +81 comes first, then the area code, such as 3 for Tokyo, then the local number.

Country code: +81; The 0081 country code is the same number
ISO country codes: JP, JPN; Use the JP country code or the JPN country code on forms and passports. To call Japan, dial +81
Used in: Japan; No other country or territory dials +81
Exit code: 00; From most countries. Also 011 from United States and Canada, 0011 from Australia, and + from any mobile
Trunk prefix: 0; Drop it after +81
Number length: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, or 17 digits; After +81
Time now in Japan
Japan mobile number format: 090-1234-5678; From abroad: +81 90 1234 5678
Japan landline number format: 03-1234-5678; From abroad: +81 3 1234 5678

+81 area codes of main cities

Each +81 area code below is in the form you dial from abroad: +81, then the city code, then the local number. Inside Japan, callers leave out +81 and put 0 in front of the city code. So Tokyo is +81 3 from abroad and 3 at home.

Tokyo: +813
Yokohama: +8145
Osaka: +816
Nagoya: +8152
Sapporo: +8111
Fukuoka: +8192
Kawasaki: +8144
Kobe: +8178
Kyoto: +8175
Hiroshima: +8182
Sendai: +8122
Chiba: +8143
Kitakyushu: +8193
Sakai: +8172
Niigata: +8125
Hamamatsu: +8153
Ōta: +81276
Kumamoto: +8196
Okayama: +8186
Sagamihara: +8142
Shizuoka: +8154
Kawaguchi: +8148
Kagoshima: +8199
Himeji: +8179
Utsunomiya: +8128
Matsuyama: +8189
Ichikawa: +8147
Nishinomiya: +81797
Nishinomiya: +81798
Ōita: +8197
Fukuyama: +8184
Kanazawa: +8176
Fujisawa: +81466
Fujisawa: +81467
Kashiwa: +814
Toyota: +81565
Takamatsu: +8187
Yokosuka: +8146
Nagasaki: +8195
Gifu: +8158
Miyazaki: +81985
Okazaki: +81564
Ichinomiya: +81586
Ichinomiya: +81587
Toyohashi: +81532
Toyohashi: +81533
Takasaki: +8127
Nagano: +8126
Nara-shi: +81742
Nara-shi: +81743
Iwaki: +81246
Wakayama: +8173
Kawagoe: +8149
Ōtsu: +8177
Nakano: +81269
Asahikawa: +81166
Kochi: +8188
Kōriyama: +8124
Naha: +8198
Kasugai: +81568
Akita: +8118
Yokkaichi: +8159
Kurume: +81942
Aomori: +8117
Morioka: +8119
Ichihara: +81436
Hakodate: +81138
Mito: +8129
Nagaoka: +81258
Shimonoseki: +81747
Shimonoseki: +8183
Fuchū: +81847
Fukui-shi: +81776
Hiratsuka: +81463
Yamagata: +8123
Fuji: +81545
Sasebo: +81956
Matsumoto: +81263
Hachinohe: +81178
Saga: +81952
Kure: +81823
Isesaki: +81270
Matsue: +81852
Uji: +81774
Kofu: +8155
Odawara: +81460
Odawara: +81465
Tottori-shi: +81857
Izumi: +81725
Izumi: +81996
Tomakomai: +81144
Ube: +81836
Izumo: +81853
Imabari: +81288
Imabari: +81898
Takaoka: +81766
Nishio: +81563
Hirosaki: +81172
Kushiro: +81154
Oyama: +81285
Iwata: +81538
Obihiro: +81155
Ōgaki: +81584
Miyakonojō: +81986
Matsusaka: +81598
Tochigi: +81282
Ueda: +81268
Kariya: +81566
Kukichūō: +81480
Yonago: +81859
Ashikaga: +81284
Ishinomaki: +81225
Kuwana: +81594
Koga: +81280
Kisarazu: +81438
Kisarazu: +81439
Isahaya: +81957
Ōme: +81428
Narita: +81476
Tondabayashichō: +81721
Fujinomiya: +81544
Onomichi: +81848
Iwakuni: +81827
Seto: +81561
Iizuka: +81948
Tsuruoka: +81235
Ise: +81596
Honmachi: +81965
Niihama: +81897
Beppu: +81977
Nobeoka: +81982
Kitami: +81157
Aizu-Wakamatsu: +81242
Kakegawa: +81537
Handa: +81569
Sano: +81283
Karatsu: +81955
Hōfu: +81835
Otaru: +81134
Ichinoseki: +81191
Hatsukaichi: +81829
Hikone: +81749
Marugame: +81877
Kiryū: +81277
Komatsu: +81761
Tajimi: +81572
Tsuyama: +81868
Iida: +81265
Tokuyama: +81834
Kanoya: +81994
Sakata: +81234
Saku: +81267
Chitose: +81123
Kameoka: +81771
Munakata: +81940
Shibata: +81254
Muroran: +81143
Shimada: +81547
Kanuma: +81289
Hanamaki: +81198
Sanjō: +81256
Yonezawa: +81238
Kitakami: +81197
Maizuru: +81773
Higashi-Matsuyama: +81493
Takayama: +81577
Mobara: +81475
Gotemba: +81550
Kashiwazaki: +81257
Ama: +818514
Yokote: +81182
Iwamizawa: +81126
Nakatsu: +81979
Amakusa: +81969
Nakatsugawa: +81573
Honjō: +81495
Toyooka: +81796
Shibukawa: +81279
Yurihonjō: +81184
Takefu: +81778
Miki: +81794
Sukagawa: +81248
Kasama: +81296
Ishioka: +81299
Ōtawara: +81287
Yukuhashi: +81930
Tanabe: +81739
Uwajima: +81894
Uwajima: +81895
Anan: +81260
Anan: +81884
Ōdate: +81186
Sōja: +81866
Itō: +81557
Tsuruga: +81770
Tamano: +81863
Tsushima: +81567
Saiki: +81972
Niitsu-honchō: +81250
Hita: +81973
Fujioka: +81274
Tamana: +81968
Nago: +81980
Miyoshi: +81824
Chichibu: +81494
Kesennuma: +81226
Towada: +81176
Yame: +81943
Tahara: +81531
Date: +81142
Ishikari: +81133
Choshi: +81479
Kan’onjichō: +81875
Hamada: +81855
Minokamo: +81574
Nōgata: +81949
Mutsu: +81175
Kudamatsu: +81833
Iwade: +81736
Goshogawara: +81173
Nihommatsu: +81243
Noshiro: +81185
Tagawa: +81947
Sado: +81259
Nichinan: +81987
Miyako: +81193
Nanao: +81767
Kasaoka: +81865
Tateyama: +81470
Kameyama: +81595
Suwa: +81266
Fujiyoshida: +81555
Kurayoshi: +81858
Takeo: +81954
Ono: +81779
Sawara: +81478
Numata: +81278
Kitakata: +81241
Hokota: +81291
Uozu: +81765
Takikawa: +81125
Masuda: +81856
Hagi: +81838
Shinshiro: +81536
Yuzawa: +81183
Kobayashi: +81984
Iwanuma: +81223
Sagae: +81237
Amagi: +81946
Sumoto: +81799
Naze: +81997
Shinjō: +81233
Ōzu: +81893
Bizen: +81869
Ibusuki: +81993
Minakuchichō-matoba: +81748
Yasugichō: +81854
Ōmagari: +81187
Nishiwaki: +81795
Hitoyoshi: +81966
Komatsushimachō: +81885
Abashiri: +81152
Ōfunato: +81192
Gero: +81576
Kuji: +81194
Wakkanai: +81162
Mie: +81974
Yamanashi: +81553
Shiroishi: +81224
Shingū: +81735
Shimoda: +81558
Nagato: +81837
Yanai: +81820
Nemuro: +81153
Hirado: +81950
Niimi: +81867
Takehara: +81846
Nirasaki: +81551
Aioi: +81791
Mima: +81883
Kitsuki: +81978
Takahagi: +81293
Ōmachi: +81261
Nayoro: +811654
Nayoro: +811655
Fukuechō: +81959
Rumoi: +81164
Susaki: +81889
Innoshima: +81845
Ninohe: +81195
Wajima: +81768
Hobaramachi: +81244
Setakamachi-takayanagi: +81944
Ōtsuki: +81554
Gobō: +81738
Kajiki: +81995
Kumano: +81597
Kumano: +815979
Shizunai-furukawachō: +81146
Ishikawa: +81247
Shibetsu: +81165
Furano: +81167
Takanabe: +81983
Ibi: +81585
Nishitawara: +81790
Sukumo: +81880
Engaru: +81158
Ashibetsu: +81124
Yoichi: +81135
Haibara-akanedai: +81548
Mori: +811374
Toba: +81599
Miyazu: +81772
Aki: +81887
Yakumo: +81137
Yakumo: +811377
Kutchan: +81136
Daigo: +81295
Shikabe: +811372
Matsumae: +81139
Kikonai: +811392
Okushiri: +811397
Kumaishi: +811398
Hayakita: +81145
Erimo: +811466
Teshikaga: +8115
Shiranuka: +811547
Hiroo: +811558
Honbetsu: +81156
Kamishihoro: +811564
Nakayubetsu: +811586
Nakayubetsu: +811587
Teshio: +811632
Hamatonbetsu: +811634
Hamatonbetsu: +811635
Bifuka: +811656
Kamikawa: +811658
Kanita: +81174
Sannohe: +81179
Hitachiota: +81294
Ogasawara: +814998
Minobu: +81556
Sekigahara: +81575
Shokawa: +815769
Kamioka: +81578
Yuasa: +81737
Imazu: +81740
Yamatotakada: +81744
Yamatotakada: +81745
Yoshino: +81746
Kamikitayama: +817468
Fukuno: +81763
Kake: +81826
Tamagawa: +818387
Tamagawa: +818388
Tojo: +818477
Okinoshima: +818512
Tonosho: +81879
Kumakogen: +81892
Iyomishima: +81896
Takamori: +81967
Minamidaito: +819802

Japan phone number types

The first digits of a Japan number tell you what kind of number it is: a landline, a mobile, a free number, or one that costs more to call. Here is a sample of each type of Japan phone number, as dialed inside Japan and from abroad.

Type	Inside Japan	From abroad
LandlineStarts with 0. Japan's area codes are not all the same length: Tokyo's is the short 03, and Osaka's is 06	03-1234-5678	+81 3 1234 5678
MobileStarts with 070, 080, or 090	090-1234-5678	+81 90 1234 5678
Toll-freeStarts with 0120 or 0800	0120-123-456	+81 120 123 456
Business numberStarts with 0570	0570-123-456	+81 570 123 456
Internet phoneStarts with 050, Japan's nationwide code for internet phone lines	050-1234-5678	+81 50 1234 5678
Personal numberStarts with 060	060-123-4567	+81 60 123 4567
PagerStarts with 020	020-1234-5678	+81 20 1234 5678
Premium rateStarts with 0990	0990-123-456	+81 990 123 456

Good to know before you call Japan

Sound like a local

“Moshi moshi”

A casual hello used only on personal calls, never at work

“Moshi moshi”

Emergency number

110

110 reaches the police. Call 119 instead for a fire or an ambulance. The Japan Visitor Hotline, 050-3816-2787, gives English, Chinese, and Korean help every day of the year.

Japan National Tourism Organization

Mobile number portability arrived in Japan on 24 October 2006, letting people keep their number when they switch carrier for a fee of 3,000 yen.
Wikipedia: Mobile number portability
Japan's area codes are not a fixed length. Crowded cities such as Tokyo and Osaka have short codes, while rural areas have longer ones.
Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Japan
NTT once ran 0170 as Dengon Dial, a chat line service, and 0180 as Telegong, a dial in line for TV and radio audience feedback.
Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Japan
Moshi moshi began as a telephone operators' phrase. Shigenori Katougi introduced it, and by 1893 it was shortened from moushi moushi to moshi moshi.
Tofugu

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Why a call to Japan fails

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The 0 is still in the number

The 0 at the start of a Japanese number is for calls inside Japan. From abroad, leave it out: +81 takes its place.

Connects: 011 81 3 1234 5678
Does not connect: 011 81 03-1234-5678

The exit code is wrong for your country

From the US and Canada, dial 011, then +81.

Connects: 011 81 3 1234 5678
Does not connect: 00 81 3 1234 5678

Questions about +81

Which country is +81?

+81, or country code 81, belongs to Japan. No other country shares it.

What is +81?

+81 is the part you dial before a Japanese number when you call from another country. It replaces the 0, so a Tokyo landline dialed as +81 3 1234 5678 becomes 03 1234 5678 inside Japan.

What is the difference between +81 and 0081?

The + stands for your exit code. Most of the world dials 00, so 0081 and +81 reach the same number. From the US and Canada, dial 011 81 instead.

Do I drop the 0 after +81?

Yes. The 0 is Japan's trunk prefix and works only inside the country. Dial +81 3 1234 5678, not +81 03 1234 5678.

Can I text a +81 number?

Yes. Write the number as +81 without its first 0, and your phone sends the text abroad at your carrier's international rate.

How much does it cost to call Japan?

A call to a Japanese mobile costs more than a call to a landline. The dialer on this page shows the exact price of the number you enter before you call.

Is the JP country code the same as +81?

No. JP is the ISO code of Japan, used in forms and address fields. The number you dial is +81.

What if I do not speak Japanese in an emergency?

Call the Japan Visitor Hotline, 050-3816-2787, from the Japan National Tourism Organization, staffed in English, Chinese, and Korean every day of the year.

The information on this page is accurate as of September 25, 2026.

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