• Area Code: 1-3 digits
• Subscriber Number: 6-8 digits

Area Code List

        10    (formerly cellular mobile - now 901)
        11    Sapporo
        123   Chitose (Hokkaido Island)
        134   Otaru
        138   Hakodate
        1397  Okushiri
        1428  Rebun
        143   Muroran
        144   Tomakomai (Hokkaido Island)
        152   Memanbetsu
        1537  Nakashibetsu
        154   Kushiro
        155   Obihiro
        1582  Monbetsu
        162   Wakkanai
        166   Asahikawa
        167   Furano (Hokkaido Island)
        172   Hirosaki
        173   Goshogawara
        176   Towada
        177   Aomori
        178   Hachinohe, Misawa
        188   Akita (6 digit subscriber numbers)
        196   Morioka
        20    (formerly cellular mobile - now 902)
        22    Sendai
        224   Kawasaki (Miyagi)
        236   Yamagata (Honshu Island)
        2402  Ivapaki
        244   Kawasaki (Kanagawa) (6 digit subscriber numbers)
        245   Fukushima
        249   Koriyama
        25    Niigata
        257   Yuzawa-Machi
        258   Nagaoka
        261   Hakuba
        262   Nagano
        263   Matsumoto
        266   Tateshina-Kogen
        267   Karuizawa
        269   Shiga Heights
        272   Maebashi
        273   Takasaki
        274   Fujioka, Tomioka
        277   Kiryu
        279   Kusatsu
        2808  Ibaraki
        284   Ashikaga
        286   Utsunomiya
        287   Nasu
        288   Nikko
        292   Mito
        3     Tokyo
        30    (formerly cellular mobile - now 903)
        40    (formerly cellular mobile - now 904)
        422   Mitaka (just west of Tokyo), Musashino
        423   Fuchu, Kodaira
        424   Chofu
        425   Tachikawa
        426   Hachioji
        427   Machida, Sagamihara
        429   Saitama
        43    Chiba [as of 29 April 1992]
        434   Chiba [changed to 43-4 + 6 digits]
        436   Ichihara
        44    Kawasaki (Kanagawa) (7 digit subscriber numbers)
        45    Yokohama (Kanagawa)
        460   Hakone
        462   Atsugi
        463   Hiratsuka, Oiso
        465   Odawara
        466   Fujisawa
        467   Chigasaki, Kamakura
        468   Yokosuka
        472   (formerly Chiba - changed to 43-2 + 6 digits)
        473   Ichikawa, Matsudo, Urayasu
        474   Funabashi, Narashino
        475   Mobara, Togane (Chiba)
        476   Narita (Honshu Island)
        48    Omiya
        482   Kawaguchi
        485   Kumagaya
        487   Kasukabe
        488   Urawa
        489   Koshigaya, Soka
        492   Kawagoe
        4992  Oshima Island
        4994  Miyake Jima
        4996  Hachijo (Jima Island)
        52    Nagoya
        532   Toyohashi
        534   Hamamatsu
        542   Shizuoka
        543   Shimizu
        552   Kofu
        555   Fuji
        557   Atami, Ito
        559   Numazu
        564   Okazaki
        565   Toyota
        568   Kasugai
        577   Takayama
        582   Gifu
        584   Ogaki
        586   Ichinomiya
        588   Shimoda
        592   Tsu
        593   Suzuka, Yokkaichi
        596   Ise
        599   Toba
        5994  Kashikojima
        6     Ikeda, Osaka, Toyonaka
              [6 prepended to 7-digit subscriber numbers as of 1 Jan 1999;
              tip courtesy William C.M. Leung]
        705   PHS terminal service (formerly 70)
        706   PHS terminal service (formerly 60)
        720   Daito, Hirakata, Neyagawa
        722   Sakai
        723   Matsubara
        724   Kishiwada
        726   Ibaraki, Takatsuki
        727   Itami
        729   Yao
        734   Wakayama
        739   Nanki Shirahama
        742   Nara
        7454  Kawanishi
        75    Kyoto
        762   Kanazawa, Komatsu
        764   Toyama
        766   Takaoka
        773   Fukuchiyama
        774   Uji
        775   Fukui, Moriyama, Otsu
        776   Fukui
        78    Kobe
        791   Himeji (suburban? used by Himeji Institute of Technology)
        792   Himeji
        794   Kakogawa
        797   Ashiya, Takarazuka
        798   Nishinomiya
        80xx  (formerly cellular mobile [assigned for Jan 1996 - ITU OB#612]
              now 908)
        82    Hiroshima
        823   Kure
        832   Shimonoseki
        836   Ube
        8382  Hagi
        839   Yamaguchi
        849   Fukuyama
        8512  Oki Island
        852   Izumo, Matsue
        857   Tottori
        859   Yonago
        862   Okayama
        864   Kurashiki
        878   Takamatsu
        886   Tokushima
        888   Kochi
        897   Niihama
        898   Imabari
        899   Matsuyama (Shikoku Island)
        90xx  cellular mobile services [assigned for Jan 1996 - ITU OB#612]
        901   cellular mobile (formerly 10) [7 digit subscriber numbers]
        902   cellular mobile (formerly 20) [7 digit subscriber numbers]
        903   cellular mobile (formerly 30) [7 digit subscriber numbers]
              [subscriber numbers begin as follows:]
        903 01  cellular mobile (NTT Kyushu)
        903 02  cellular mobile (NTT/DoCoMo)
        903 03  cellular mobile (NTT Kansai)
        903 04  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        903 06  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        903 08  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        903 09  cellular mobile (NTT/DoCoMo)
        903 1x  cellular mobile (NTT/DoCoMo)
        903 2x  cellular mobile (NTT/DoCoMo)
        903 3x  cellular mobile (NTT/DoCoMo)
        903 41  cellular mobile (Digital TU-KA Kyushu)
        903 43  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        903 44  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        903 45  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        903 47  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        903 48  cellular mobile (NTT Tokai Mobile Communications Network)
        903 49  cellular mobile (NTT Kansai)
        903 50  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        903 59  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        903 64  cellular mobile (Tohoku Cellular Telephone)
        903 65  cellular mobile (Kansai Cellular)
        903 66  cellular mobile (Kyushu Cellular)
        903 67  cellular mobile (Kansai Cellular)
        903 68  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        903 69  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        903 7x  cellular mobile (DDI Cellular Group)
        903 85  cellular mobile (Tu-Ka Cellular Tokai)
        903 86  cellular mobile (Tu-Ka Phone Kansai)
        903 88  cellular mobile (Hokuriku)
        903 9x  cellular mobile (Digital Phone Group)
        903 96  cellular mobile (Tokyo Digital Phone)
        903 97  cellular mobile (Kansai Digital Phone)
        903 98  cellular mobile (Tohoku)
        903 99  cellular mobile (Kansai)
        904   cellular mobile (formerly 40) [7 digit subscriber numbers]
              [subscriber numbers begin as follows:]
        904 01  cellular mobile (NTT Kyushu)
        904 02  cellular mobile (NTT/DoCoMo)
        904 03  cellular mobile (NTT Kansai)
        904 04  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        904 06  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        904 08  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        904 09  cellular mobile (NTT/DoCoMo)
        904 1x  cellular mobile (NTT/DoCoMo)
        904 2x  cellular mobile (NTT/DoCoMo)
        904 3x  cellular mobile (NTT/DoCoMo)
        904 41  cellular mobile (Digital TU-KA Kyushu)
        904 43  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        904 44  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        904 45  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        904 47  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        904 48  cellular mobile (NTT Tokai Mobile Communications Network)
        904 49  cellular mobile (NTT Kansai)
        904 50  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        904 59  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        904 64  cellular mobile (Tohoku Cellular)
        904 65  cellular mobile (Kansai Cellular)
        904 66  cellular mobile (Kyushu Cellular)
        904 67  cellular mobile (Kansai Cellular)
        904 68  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        904 69  cellular mobile (Nippon Idou Tsushin)
        904 7x  cellular mobile (DDI Cellular Group)
        904 85  cellular mobile (Tu-Ka Cellular Tokai)
        904 86  cellular mobile (Tu-Ka Phone Kansai)
        904 88  cellular mobile (Hokuriku)
        904 9x  cellular mobile (Digital Phone Group)
        904 96  cellular mobile (Tokyo Digital Phone)
        904 97  cellular mobile (Kansai Digital Phone)
        904 98  cellular mobile (Tohoku)
        904 99  cellular mobile (Kansai)
        9050  cellular mobile (Tokyo Digital)
        9052  cellular mobile (Kansai Digital)
        9053  cellular mobile (Kansai Digital)
        9054  cellular mobile (Tokai Digital)
        9060  cellular mobile (Digital TU-KA Chugoku)
        9061  cellular mobile (Digital TU-KA Chugoku)
        908   cellular mobile (formerly 80) [7 digit subscriber numbers]
              [subscriber numbers begin as follows:]
        908 0   cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        908 1   cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        908 2   cellular mobile (NTT Kansai Mobile Communications Network)
        908 3   cellular mobile (NTT Kyushu Mobile Communications Network)
        908 4   cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        908 50  cellular mobile (Tokyo Digital)
        908 52  cellular mobile (Kansai Digital)
        908 53  cellular mobile (Kansai Digital)
        908 54  cellular mobile (Tokai Digital)
        908 60  cellular mobile (Digital TU-KA Chugoku)
        908 61  cellular mobile (Digital TU-KA Chugoku)
        908 80  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        908 81  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        908 82  cellular mobile (NTT Kansai Mobile Communications Network)
        908 83  cellular mobile (NTT Kyushu Mobile Communications Network)
        908 84  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        908 90  cellular mobile (NTT Hokkaido Mobile Communications Network)
        908 91  cellular mobile (NTT Kyushu Mobile Communications Network)
        908 92  cellular mobile (NTT Tohoku Mobile Communications Network)
        908 93  cellular mobile (NTT Kansai Mobile Communications Network)
        908 94  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        908 95  cellular mobile (NTT Tokai Mobile Communications Network)
        908 96  cellular mobile (NTT Hokuriku Mobile Communications Network)
        908 97  cellular mobile (NTT Shikoku Mobile Communications Network)
        908 98  cellular mobile (NTT Kansai Mobile Communications Network)
        908 99  cellular mobile (NTT Chugoku Mobile Communications Network)
        9090  cellular mobile (NTT Hokkaido Mobile Communications Network)
        9091  cellular mobile (NTT Kyushu Mobile Communications Network)
        9092  cellular mobile (NTT Tohoku Mobile Communications Network)
        9093  cellular mobile (NTT Kansai Mobile Communications Network)
        9094  cellular mobile (NTT Mobile Communications Network)
        9095  cellular mobile (NTT Tokai Mobile Communications Network)
        9096  cellular mobile (NTT Hokuriku Mobile Communications Network)
        9097  cellular mobile (NTT Shikoku Mobile Communications Network)
        9098  cellular mobile (NTT Kansai Mobile Communications Network)
        9099  cellular mobile (NTT Chugoku Mobile Communications Network)
        92    Fukuoka
        9203  Iki
        93    Kita-Kyushu
        942   Kurume
        9445  Omuta
        952   Saga
        9557  Karatsu
        956   Sasebo
        957   Unzen Spa
        958   Nagasaki
        9597  Fukue
        96    Akita (Kumamoto) (7 digit numbers)
        96    Kumamoto
        975   Oita
        977   Beppu, Yufuin
        98    Naha (Okinawa Island)
        9802  Kita-Daito, Minami Daito Jima (Okinawa Island)
        9807  Miyako Jima, Shimojishima
        98079 Taramajima
        9808  Hateruma, Ishigaki, Yonaguni-Jima
        982   Nobeoka
        984   Kirishima
        985   Miyazaki
        988   Naha (Okinawa)
        9896  Ishikawa
        98985 Kume Jima
        98988 Aguni
        992   Kagoshima
        993   Ibusuki
        997   Amami O Shima, Kikaiga Shima, Okino Erabu
        997   Tokuno Shima, Yoron-Jima
        9972  Tanegashima
        9974  Yaku Shima

• 1 January 2000 - southeast Osaka suburb code change
  • As from 1 January 2000, 2am, southeast Osaka area code (international format: +81 720, domestic format: 0720) became +81 72 8 (or 072 8 domestically). That is, area code 720 became 72, with the digit 8 prepended to the existing local number.
  • For example, 0720-12-3456 in Japan became 072-812-3456. From outside Japan, +81 720 123456 was changed to +81 72 8123456.
• 1 January 1999 - Mobile and PHS codes change
  • Mobile renumbering took effect at the start of 1999 (7 digits follow the mobile subscriber area code):
    • +81 10 --> +81 90 1
    • +81 20 --> +81 90 2
    • +81 30 --> +81 90 3
    • +81 40 --> +81 90 4
    • +81 80 --> +81 90 8
  • "PHS terminals" in Japan also have numbering changes on 1 January 1999. Like mobile phones, the area codes are followed by 7 digit subscriber numbers:
    • +81 50 --> +81 70 5
    • +81 60 --> +81 70 6
• 1 January 1999 - Osaka code changes
  • As of the start of 1999, 6 was added before Osaka subscriber numbers to change the local numbers from 7 to 8 digits. For example, +81 6 ### #### is now +81 6 6### ####.