Foreign Ministry to use mobile phones to warn Japanese travelers of danger overseas

Sparked by the recent kidnapping of a Japanese student in Iran, the Foreign Ministry has decided it will start using mobile phones to send e-mail alerts to travelers about danger in foreign countries, the ministry said, reports the Mainichi Daily News.

"Ministry officials hope to have the system operating by the end of the next fiscal year, once it has sorted out issues such as the handling of private information.

... Officials said they plan to make travelers aware of the system by sticking up posters at major international airports and distributing pamphlets. Registration in the system will be free."

Photo of Japanese tourists, on Váci Streetm Budapest fromBudapest Travel Blog

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