General Lifestyle

General Lifestyle

Information on raising children.

[Multi-lingual]

Information on Living in Japan.

[Multi-lingual] Contains general information on things like medical care and housing, as well as including such things as who to go to for counseling or consultations in your native language (Created by Clair in conjunction with recognized Local Exchange Associations)

Q&A for Living Overseas.

[Japanese] Information for Japanese or foreigners resident in Japan who are about to go overseas, full of important and helpful information. (Created by CLAIR in conjunction with recognized Local Exchange Associations)

Support and Communication Center for People Returning from China

[Chinese, Japanese, Russian] Includes information on their 24hr Chinese language telephone consultation and counseling Service, as well as general information about living in Japan and studying Japanese.

Osaka Metropolitan Consultation Corner for Foreign residents.

[Multi-lingual] Living guide for foreign residents and FAQs about immigration, nationality/marriage, medical care, etc.

Living Information for Foreigners

[Multi-lingual] Available in Japanese, Chinese, English, Spanish, and Portuguese (International House, Osaka)

Multi-Lingual Center Facil

Assistance for foreigner resident in Japan- Translation and Interpretation services. They Specialize in Community Business Translations and interpreting at a reasonable price, promotion and planning for multi-lingual environments. Multi-Lingual news letter Tozainanboku (East, West, South, North)

Tozainanboku (East, West, South North)

[Multi-lingual] News letter containing information useful for foreigners living and working in Japan. Available in Japanese, English, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish and Tagalog.

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Medical Treatment

Easy English Conversation for Hospitals.

[English] (link is in Japanese, please look for links marked with 英語)

AMDA International Medical Information Center.

[Multi-lingual] A multi-lingual guide to hospitals that can provide treatment and examinations in a variety of languages, as well as social welfare system related medical care.

Multi-lingual Medical Consultation Guide for Foreign Residents in the Event of Hospitalization.

[Multi-lingual] Bi-lingual forms for hospital use (Available in 13 languages. Created by the Kanazawa International Organization, International Community Hearty Konandai, and Illusion Mill) Note: Please click on the blue or the green writing on the homepage to access the links to the forms.

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Exchange

Japan Student Services Organization

[Multi-lingual] Contains Information about going on exchange in Japan or overseas. Also contains information on scholarships and subsidies.

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Schools and Education

Support systems for those returning to the country, day care and school life.

[Multi-lingual, no English] Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Spanish language information on applications for support services in Osaka City. (Created by Osaka City Board of Education)

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