New comer's guide to living in Japan

Checklist of things which should be done within one month after your arrival in Japan

Housing

  • Have you found a place to live?
  • Have you entered into the lease contract after fully understanding the terms written in the contract and the conditions of living?

Resident Registration

  • Have you register your address in Japan to a local municipality? You must submit Move-in Notice” to a city office within 14 days after you decide your residence.

Medical/Insurance

  • Do you know where nearby medical clinics and doctor’s offices are located?
  • Have you joined public medical insurance (“health insurance” for working people or national health insurance” for other people)?

Education

  • Have you decided which school your children will go to?

Employment

  • Have you found employment?

  If not, you can consult Hello Work offices.

  • When concluding the employment contract, have you personally confirmed the working conditions?

Community Life

  • Do you know the common rules for the disposal of garbage in the area where you live?
  • Are you careful not to make loud noise in your daily life (particularly at night and in the early morning)?
  • Do you greet neighbors when you see them?
  • Are you involved in your local community, by joining a residents association, etc.?
  • Do you have contacts with other people from your country, by participating in networks among them, etc.?

Disasters

  • Do you know where to evacuate in case of a disaster?

Things which should be done within three months after your arrival in Japan

Japanese Language Study

  • Are you making efforts to learn Japanese; by going to a Japanese language school, attending Japanese class, etc.?

Social Insurance Premiums

  • Do you know how to join social insurance (public health insurance, national pension plan, worker's accident compensation insurance, employment insurance and long-term care insurance)?

If not, please access the website of Multilingual Living Information at http://www.clair.or.jp/tagengo/index.html

List of Consultation Service Contacts

(Some language services are available on certain days of the week)

General Services

  • Consultation Support Center for Foreign Residents (Japanese, Chinese, English, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Romanian, Indonesian, and Bengalese)
  • : 03-3202-5535

Legal Problems

  • Japan Legal Support Center, Houterasu(Japanese and English)
  • : 0570-078374

Human Trafficking Problems

  • The Counseling Center for Women Anti Trafficking Project (NGO) (Japanese, English, Tagalog and Thai)
  • : 03-3368-8855, 045-914-7008

Work-Related Problems

  • Tokyo Employment Service Center for Foreigners (Japanese, English and Chinese)
  • : 03-5339-8625
  • Osaka Employment Service Center for Foreigners (Japanese, English, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese)
  • : 06-7709-9465
  • Nagoya Employment Service Center for Foreigners (Japanese, English, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese, Tagalog and Korean)
  • : 052-972-0253 : 0532-54-1192
  •  The list of Hello Work offices where interpretation service is available can be obtained at the following website:
  • http://www.mhlw.go.jp/seisakunitsuite/bunya/koyou_roudou/koyou/gaikokujin/index.html



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