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KAWASAKIINTERNATIONALASSOCIATION(376)「年末年始の市役所・区役所の業務」について

Basically, City Hall, the ward offices and related facilities will be open on their regularschedules through Friday, December 26th.

They will then close until Monday, January

5th, when they will resume their regular schedules.
However, in the ward offices, the Ward Residents Division (kumin-ka, 区民課) and theNational Health Insurance and Pension Division (hoken nenkin-ka, 保険年金課) will remain in operation
until noon on Saturday the 27th of December.
In addition, different kinds of reports and notices related to one’s family register will be accepted at theguard room of the ward offices between December 27th and January 4th.
The Administrative Service Terminals located at Ward offices, branch offices andAdministrative Service Corners will be useable this year until 7pm on Sunday December
28th, and will resume operation again next year at 9am on Sunday January 4th.
Information concerning other city facilities or offices will be posted on the homepage of theCity of Kawasaki.

(377)「休日急患診療所」について
If you are struck with an acute illness or injury on a holiday, you can receive initial evaluation andcare at a Holiday Emergency Clinic in Kawasaki City (kyūjitsu kyūkan shinryō jo, 休日急患診療所 ).
Treatment is offered in internal medicine and pediatrics.
from December 29th to January 3rd every year.

The clinics are open on Sundays, holidays andThey receive patients between 9 and 11:30 a.m. andbetween 1 and 4 o’clock p.m.
Here are the phone numbers of the Holiday Emergency Clinics for each ward:
Kawasaki Holiday Emergency Clinic, 2 1 1 – 6 5 5 5.
Saiwai Holiday Emergency Clinic, 5 5 5 – 0 8 8 5.
Nakahara Holiday Emergency Clinic, 7 2 2 – 7 8 7 0.
Takatsu Holiday Emergency Clinic, 8 1 1 – 9 3 0 0.
Miyamae Holiday Emergency Clinic, 8 5 3 – 2 1 3 3.
Tama Holiday Emergency Clinic, 9 3 3 – 1 1 2 0.
Asao Holiday Emergency Clinic, 9 6 6 – 2 1 3 3.
Each clinic’s hours of operation and other details are subject to change, so be sure to call the facility
before you go.

(378)「年末年始のごみ収集」について

For neighborhoods in Kawasaki City in which ordinary trash is collected onMondays,

Wednesdays and Fridays, the last day of ordinary trash collection this year will beWednesday, December 31st.

Where ordinary trash is collected on Tuesdays,Thursdays and Saturdays, the final day of ordinary trash collection for thisyear will be on Tuesday, December 30th.
And if you’re in a Monday-Wednesday-Friday pickup area, your first day ofordinary trash collection for 2008 is Monday, January 5th.

People inTuesday-Thursday-Saturday areas will have a special pickup day for ordinary trash on Sunday January
4th, and then their ordinary trash pickup will resume its usual schedule from Tuesday, January 6th.
Recyclable resources will be collected as usual through December 29th, and then halt for the holidays.
Recyclables will resume a normal collection schedule from January 6th, 2008.
As for oversize trash, remember that a reservation must be made either through the Internet or by phone
for the collection of oversize garbage.
Reservations will be taken by phone through Tuesday December 30th; the Oversized Trash Center (sodaigomi uketsuke sentā, 粗大ごみ受付センター) is open from 8am to 4:30pm, and their phone number is 0 4 4–930–5300.

Phone reservations begin again in the New Year from Monday, January 5th.

Reservations may be made over the Internet at the City of Kawasaki’s web page 24 hours a day, 365 daysa year.
If you have any questions about garbage collection at the end of the year, you can contact the waste
collection office (seikatsu kankyō jigyō sho,生活環境事業所) for your area, or you can check the City ofKawasaki’s web page for more information.

Gyouseishoshi Lawyer Organization is offering the consulting services for foreign residents as thefollowings. Please feel free to come and consult what you are worrying about now.
Contents of Consultation: Visa problem, Extending period of Stay, Changing status of residence,Naturalization, Permanent visa, Long Term resident visa, Certificate of eligibility,
International marriage/divorce, Extraordinary permit of residence by minister ofJustice, Establishing a company/branch of foreign company, getting licenses forbusiness, etc.
Date & Time: 3rd Sunday from 2:00pm-4:00pm Place: Kawasaki International
CenterPlease call 044-955-6657 (Urata Office) or 044-811-2436(Takeshita Office) for further information.
Issued by The Kawasaki International Association
2-2 Kizuki Gion Cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki 211-0033 Kawasaki International Center
Tel 044-435-7000 Fax 044-435-7010 Ｅ-mail:kiankawasaki@kian.or.jp HP URL:http://www.kian.or.jp/