International Telephone Calls
International Telephone Calls
A direct overseas connection can be made from the guest rooms of city hotels and from NTT public telephones displaying the Domestic International Card/CoinTelephone panel with a 100 yen coin. Because of the problem of counterfeit telephone cards, however, NTT telephone cards can be used for international calls at only a very limited number of public telephones. Direct dial overseas calls can be made via several telephone companies by using the company’s access number shown below. Rates and systems vary according to company, and as they change frequently, rates should be checked before making overseas calls. Calling from the guest rooms of city hotels is also sometimes more expensive than using a public telephone.
| Direct Call | Credit Card | Collect Call & Operator-assisted |
Enquiry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Telecom Co., Ltd | 0041 | 0043 | Not available | 0088-41 |
| Cable and Wireless | 0061 | 0065 | Not available | 0066-11 |
| IDC | Not available | Not available | Depends on receiver’s number |
Not available |
| NTT | 0033 | Not available | Not available |
0120-53-2839 |
| KDDI | 001 | 0055 | 0051 | 0057 |
*Credit cards issued outside of Japan cannot be used for the above services. For more detailed information, contact the telephone companies.
Prepaid Cards
Some companies are issuing prepaid telephone cards that can be used to make overseas calls from public or private telephones using a different method from the one using a 100 yen coin. Several of such cards have additional premiums of around 10%.
Examples of prepaid telephone cards
New Moshi Moshi Card (Japan Telecom)
This card can be used with NTT push-button public telephones, home telephones, and Japan Telecom public telephones.
KDDI Super World Card (KDDI)
This card can be used with NTT push-button public telephones, home telephones, and KDDI public telephones.
IC Card (NTT)
This card can be used with NTT IC Card telephones, which are located in JR stations and other public places.
Country Codes
| Australia | 61 | Brazil | 55 | Canada | 1 | China | 86 | |||
| France | 33 | Germany | 49 | Netherlands | 31 | Hong Kong | 852 | |||
| India | 91 | Indonesia | 62 | Ireland | 353 | Israel | 972 | |||
| South Korea | 82 | Malaysia | 60 | New Zealand | 64 | Philippines | 63 | |||
| Singapore | 65 | Spain | 34 | Sweden | 46 | Switzerland | 41 | |||
| Thailand | 66 | Britain | 44 | United States (Continental, Alaska, Hawaii) | 1 | |||||
