Useful Information for International Residents in Japan

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１．Consultation on Problems in Daily Life 

・Gifu Prefectural Consultation Center for Foreign Residents		15languages
Counselling support for problems in daily life

２．Useful information of services available in times of disaster

・Gifu Prefecture Comprehensive Disaster Prevention Portal		12languages
This is where you will find information about disaster prevention in Gifu.

・Gifu Prefecture River Disaster Prevention Information
This is where you will find information about disaster prevention for rivers in Gifu.

・Disaster Prevention Leaflet
A leaflet which contains information on actions to be taken in the event of a natural disaster

・Information for Severe Weather Preparation
This is where you will find information about weather conditions, earthquakes, typhoons, and volcanic activities, etc.

３．Useful information in case of illness or injury

・Gifu Medical Facilities Portal
This is where you will find information on medical facilities in Gifu.

・Multilingual Medical Questionnaire (Kanagawa International Foundation)		18languages
This is a form that will help you explain the symptoms of an illness or injury to your doctor in hospital.

・Medical Handbook (Ibaraki International Association)		8languages
A handbook for communicating symptoms of various parts of the body to medical personnel using checklist-type medical questions.

・Vaccination and Children's Health in Foreign Languages (Public Foundation of Vaccination Research Centre)		14languages
Explanation of vaccinations

・Tokyo English Life Line (TELL)
Telephone counseling on mental health

４．Useful information for daily life

・Traffic Safety Textbook for Foreigners
A textbook which contains rules and regulations about traffic rules

・Multilingual Living Information		15languages
A guidebook containing basic information for living in Japan is available for download in 15 languages.

５．Others

・Information provided by Immigration Services Agency of Japan		17languages
Responding to various inquiries regarding immigration and residence procedures by phone.

・Guidebook for Application Procedures
Change   Certificate of Eligibility   Others

・Handbook of Learning Japanese and Life in Japan (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Raising awareness of the importance of learning Japanese, providing information about learning and living in Japan, and introducing introductory Japanese terms and phrases.