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This information is accurate as of August 14.
Kanto
Ibaraki
Ibaraki International Association
Consultation Center for Foreigners
029-244-3811
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Indonesian, Thai and Spanish
Tochigi
Tochigi International Association
Tochigi Consultation and Support Center for Foreign Residents
028-627-3399
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Sinhalese and Tamil
Gunma
One-Stop Consultation Center for Foreign Residents of Gunma
027-289-8275
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese and Spanish
Saitama
Saitama International Association
Saitama Information & Support (SIS)
048-833-3296
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai and Spanish
Saitama City
International Exchange Center, Urawa
048-887-1506
- Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean
Omiya Ward Office
048-646-3097
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Portuguese and Thai
Chiba
Chiba International Center
Telephone advisory service
043-297-2966
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Russian and Hindi
Chiba City
Chiba City International Association
Daily consultation services
043-245-5750
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Spanish
Tokyo
Tokoyo Intercultural Portal Site
Tokyo Multilingual Consultation Navi
03-6258-1227
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Russian, French and Hindi
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Foreign Residents' Advisory Center
03-5320-7744 (English)
03-5320-7766 (Chinese)
03-5320-7700 (Korean)
- Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean
Kanagawa
Kanagawa International Foundation
Multilingual Support Center Kanagawa
045-316-2770
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai and Spanish
Yokohama City
Yokohama Association for International Communication and Exchanges
Yokohama Foreign Residents Information Center
045-222-1209
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai and Spanish
Kawasaki City
Kawasaki International Association
Foreign Residents’ Counseling Service
044-455-8811
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai and Spanish
Sagamihara City
Public Counseling Section
042-769-8319
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese and Spanish
Sagamihara International Rounge
042-750-4150
- Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Thai and Spanish
Niigata
The Niigata International Association
025-241-1881
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Thai and Spanish
Niigata City
Niigata City International Exchange Foundation
Free Foreign Language Consultation Service
025-225-2727
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Russian and French
Yamanashi
Yamanashi International Association
The Yamanashi Prefectural Foreigner Consultation Center
055-222-3390
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Khmer, Russian, French and Hindi
Nagano
Nagano Prefecture Intercultural Consultation Center
026-219-3068
080-4454-1899
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Malay, Khmer, German and French
Tohoku
Aomori
The Aomori International Exchange Association
Consulting Service Desk of Aomori International Association
017-718-5147
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog and Indonesian
Iwate
Iwate International Association
Iwate Support Center for Foreign Residents
019-654-8900
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Spanish
Miyagi
Miyagi International Association
Miyagi Support Center for Foreign Nationals
022-275-9990
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Russian and Hindi
Sendai City
Sendai Tourism, Convention and International Association
Sendai Multicultural Center
022-224-1919
022-265-2471
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
Akita
Akita International Association
Consultation center for foreigners
018-884-7050
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Tagalog
Yamagata
Association for International Relations in Yamagata
Counseling Help Desks for Foreign Residents in Yamagata Prefecture
023-646-8861
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog and Portuguese
Fukushima
Fukushima International Association
Help Desk for Foreign Residents
024-524-1316
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai and Spanish
Chubu
Toyama
Toyama International Center
Toyama Foreign Resident Support Center
076-441-6330
076-441-5654
080-5852-2234
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Russian, French Hindi and Telugu
Ishikawa
Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange
076-262-5932
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese and Russian
Fukui
Fukui International Association
0776-88-0062
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, French and Hindi
Fukui International Association Reinan Center
0770-21-3455
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, French and Hindi
Gifu
Gifu International Center
Gifu Prefectural Consultation Center for Foreign Residents
058-263-8066
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Khmer and Mongolian
Shizuoka
The Shizuoka Association for International Relations
Shizuoka Assistance Center for Foreign Residents CAMELLIA
054-204-2000
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Russian, French and Hindi
Shizuoka City
Shizuoka City Association for Multicultural Exchange
Multilingual Consultation Service Shizuoka City
054-354-2009 (Shimizu Ward)
054-273-5931 (Aoi Ward)
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Russian, French and Hindi
Hamamatsu City
Hamamatsu Foundation for International Communication and Exchange
Hamamatsu Intercultural Center One-stop Consultation Corner
053-458-2170
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Russian, French and Hindi
Aichi
Aichi international Association
Aichi Multicultural Center
052-961-7902
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish and Burmese
Nagoya City
Nagoya International Center
Information Service Counter
052-581-0100
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese and Spanish
Mie
Mie International Exchange Information
Mie Consultation Center for Foreign Residensts
080-3300-8077
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai and Spanish
Kyushu
Fukuoka
Fukuoka International Exchange Foundation
Fukuoka Multilingual Assistance & Information Center
0120-279-906
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
Kitakyushu City
Kitakyushu International Association
Information Center for Foreigners
080-6445-2606 (Kurosaki)
080-5278-8404 (Kokura)
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian, French and Hindi
Kitakyushu disaster foreign language support call center
0120-803-864
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian, French and Hindi
Fukuoka City
Fukuoka City International Foundation
Information and Consultation on Everyday Life
092-262-1799
- Japanese/Easy Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian, French, and Hindi
Saga
Saga Prefecture International Relations Association
Multilingual Call Center
0952-22-7830
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
Nagasaki
Nagasaki International Association
Nagasaki Prefecture Consultation Center for Foreign People
095-820-3377
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
Kumamoto
Kumamoto Support Center for Foreign Residents
080-4275-4489
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese and Sinhalese
Kumamomto City
The Kumamoto Consultation and Support Plaza for Foreign Residents
096-359-4995
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
Oita
Oita International Plaza
Oita Information & Support Center
097-529-7119
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
Miyazaki
Miyazaki International Foundation
Miyazaki Support Center for Foreign Residents
0985-41-5901
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
Kagoshima
Kagoshima International Association
Kagoshima Consultation Desk for Foreign Residents
070-7662-4541
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian, French and Hindi
Okinawa
Okinawa International Exchange & Human Resources Development Foundation
098-942-9215
- Japanese, English and Chinese
Shikoku
Tokushima
Tokushima International Strategies Center
Consultation for Foreign Residents
088-656-3312
088-656-3313
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
Kagawa
I-PAL Kagawa
Kagawa Foreign Residents Support Center
087-837-0411
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
Ehime
Ehime Prefecture International Center
Consultation Desk for foreigners
080-4783-5253
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
Kochi
Kochi International Association
Kochi Consultation Center for Foreign Residents
088-821-6440
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
Chugoku
Tottori
Tottori Prefectural International Exchange Foundation
Foreign Resident Advisory Corner
0857-51-1165 (Head Office)
0858-23-5931 (Kurayoshi Office)
0859-34-5931 (Yonago Office)
- Japanese, English, Chinese and Vietnamese
Shimane
Shimane International Center
070-3774-9329
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian, French and Hindi
Okayama
Okayama Prefectural International Exchange Foundation
Okayama International Support Center
086-256-6052
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
Okayama City
Okayama City International Affairs Division
General Consultation Counter for Foreign Residents
086-803-1128
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese
Hiroshima
Hiroshima International Center
Consultation for foreigners
0120-783-806
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai and Spanish
Hiroshima City
Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation International Relations and Cooperation Division
Hiroshima City & Aki County International Resident Consultation Service
082-241-5010
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese and Spanish
Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi International Exchange Assiciation
Multilingual Consultation Center
083-995-2100
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian, French and Hindi
Kansai
Shiga
Shiga Intercultural Association for Globalization
Consultation Desk for Foreigners
077-523-5646
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese and French
Kyoto
Kyoto Prefectural International Center
Kyoto Prefecture Multilingual Living Consultation Service
075-343-9666
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian, French and Hindi
Kyoto City
Kyoto City International Foundation
Interpretation and Counseling Service for Non-Japanese
075-752-1166
- Japanese, English and Chinese
Osaka
Osaka Foundation of International Exchange
Osaka Information Service for Foreign Residents
06-6941-2297
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai and Spanish
Osaka City
Osaka International House Foundation
Multilingual Consultation at the Information Counter for Foreign Residents
06-6773-6533
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Filipino
Sakai City
Life advice for International Residents in Sakai
072-228-7499
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish
Hyogo
Hyogo International Association
Hyogo Multicultural Coexistence Center
078-382-2052 (Weekday)
078-232-1290 (Weekend)
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian, French and Hindi
NGO Network for foreigners' Assistance KOBE
078-232-1290
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese and Russian
Kobe City
Kobe International Community Center
Daily Life Information and Consultations in Various Languages
078-291-8441
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai and Spanish
Nara
Nara Prefecture International Citizens Center
Consultation Service for Foregin Residents
0742-81-3420
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai and Spanish
Wakayama
Wakayama International Exchange Center
Consultation Counter
073-435-5240
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Vietnamese and Tagalog
Hokkaido
Hokkaido
Hokkaido International Exchange and Cooperation Center
Hokkaido Foreign Resident Support Center
011-200-9595
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Burmese and Russian
Sapporo City
Sapporp International Communication Plaza Foundation
Sapporo Help Desk for Foreign Residents
011-211-3678
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian, French and Hindi
Hakodate City
Hakodate Consultation Center for Foreign Residents
0138-86-6065
- Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Portuguese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Burmese, Sinhalese, Malay, Khmer, Russian, Mongolian, German, Italian and French
This information is accurate as of August 14.