NAPIA

VOL. 48 September 2019
NAPIA English Edition - Vol. 48–

NAPIA is a newsletter issued by Nagasaki International Association for foreign residents

Edited by: Nagasaki International Association

About the Nagasaki International Association
Have you heard of the Nagasaki International Association?
We bring together Nagasaki and many different countries
around the world.
We also offer lots of information about international
exchange and life in Nagasaki.
We are open from Monday to Friday, between 9:00am and5:30pm.(excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Public Holidays)
Please feel free to drop by!
★ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/nia.nagasaki/★ NIA Website: https://www.nia.or.jp/record_en/

Please "like" andFacebook"follow" us!!

《A Notice about the 21st Nagasaki International Festival》
International Co-operation and Exchange Groups, etc. from around Nagasaki Prefecture will gather
to introduce their usual activities, sell food or fair-trade goods, hold a flea market, and much more.
Just like last year, there will be a corner (paid) where you can experience the tea ceremony while
wearing a kimono (you can put the kimono on easily over the top of your clothes), as well as a quiz
about the exhibiting groups. This is an event packed with chances for international exchange andmeeting new people, and everyone, young or old, regardless of their nationality can have a greattime. Please come along to the Nagasaki International Festival!
When: 11AM to 4PM, Sunday October 27th, 2019
Where: Nagasaki Prefectural Office (3-1 Onoue-machi, Nagasaki City)
Entrance Hall, Collaboration Area, Large Conference Rooms, Outdoor Space(Please note: the venue is different from last year)➢

Entry is free.

➢Please use public transport when coming to the venue on the day.

We’re also calling for volunteers to help us on the day to make the festival a great one! For more
information, please see our website. URL: https://www.nia.or.jp/

《The Nagasaki Consultation Center for Foreign People is Now Open》
People from foreign countries who live in Nagasaki Prefecture can receive advice by phone or email in person about matters such as their status of residence (visa), work, daily life, etc., so thatthey can live safely and securely in this area.
I want advice about

I want advice about

health insurance or

pregnancy, birth orpensions.

child rearing.

I want to know
about visas.

IwanttolearnJapanese.
Is there a class?

★When: Monday to Saturday, 9AM to 5PM(Closed on Sundays, Public Holidays, and from Dec 29th to Jan 3rd)★Where: 1st Floor, Dejima Koryu Kaikan (inside the Nagasaki International Association)
2-11 Dejima-machi, Nagasaki City
★How it works: There are two staff members who can provide advice directly (in English andVietnamese) over the phone or e-mail in person. For languages that the staff
cannot directly deal with, portable translation devices and a 3 rd party multilanguage interpreting call center will be used to deal with foreign languages.
★Supported Languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai,Tagalog, Portuguese, Spanish, and others, for a total of 18 languages.
★Tel：095-820-3377★E-mail: soudan@nia.or.jp★Fee：Free★Expert Consultation Sessions：Held every 4th Saturday of the month (1:30PM to 4:30PM)※Reservations Accepted.
★Consultations in Other Locations：In addition to giving advice on the phone or e-mail in person,
consultations are also offered in various locations around thePrefecture. We will post notice of the schedule as it is decided.

《The 11th Annual Japanese Speech Contest for Non-Native Speakers》
The Japanese Speech Contest was held on Saturday June 15th, 2019, at the Nagasaki
National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims. This year, there were speeches
from 12 contestants!

1st Prize
Name：MATHILDE EMMANUELLE PAUQUET
Title：あなたはアメリカ人ですか(Are you an American? )Affiliation: Kwassui Women’s University

2nd Prize
Name：何景庭 (KEITEI KA)

Title: 文化が違うから仕方がない(The culture’s different, so it can’t behelped)
Affiliation: Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies

3rd Prize
Name：AIDAN JACKSON
Title：仲良くなろう！開店ガラガラ(Let’s be friends! An Empty Shop atOpening Time)
Affiliation: Nagasaki City Board of Education

Future Prize （The special award a highschool student chooses）
Name：KATHERINE MARIE RODRIGUEZ
Title：人参の皆さんへ (Dear Carrots)
Affiliation：Hasami Town Board of Education

Director’s Prize (The special award apeace memorial hall director chooses）
Name：MY NHI DUONG
Title：ココロミルから始めましょう！

(Let’s start by having a go!)Affiliation：i+Land nagasaki

We’ve added Vietnamese to our three helpful guidebooks!
The Nagasaki International Association creates and provides free guidebooks for people fromforeign countries living in Nagasaki Prefecture. We hope you find them useful! Furthermore, all
the guidebooks are available to download from our website!

A Guidebook for Living in Nagasaki Prefecture
You can find all the basic information you will need to live in Nagasaki Prefecture in this guide. Itwill teach you about residency matters, what you can do at your city or town hall, Japanese traffic
laws, how to sort your rubbish, and other rules and manners that are followed in Japan. This is anindispensable book for the living safely and comfortably in Nagasaki!
This guidebook is available in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
URL：https://www.nia.or.jp/record/files/medias/07link/seikatsu2019.pdf

Guide for Using Medical Institutions
This guide was made to assist foreign people when they visit the hospital so that they can feel lessanxious. This guide includes lists of things you need when going to the hospital, types of hospitals,
as well as illustrations of body parts and lists of symptoms to assist in explaining what’s wrong. It
also includes a medical questionnaire that should be filled out prior to visiting the hospital in orderto make communication as smooth as possible. This guide is slim and compact, so it’s easy to carrywith you in the event of an emergency.
This guide is available in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.
URL：https://www.nia.or.jp/record/files/medias/07link/hospital2019.pd

Things You Need to Know Before Disaster Strikes!!

New information
about Evacuation Centers has been added!
Japan is often said to have more natural disasters than foreign countries. It’s impossible to say
when an earthquake, typhoon, or flood will occur. This guidebook tells you how to prepare fornatural disasters and how to respond to them. Don’t wait for a disaster to strike before thinking toprepare! Take this guide and start preparing today!
This guide is available in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.
URL：https://www.nia.or.jp/record/files/medias/07link/saigai2019.pdf

Please tell your friends about these guides too!
We’re Looking For Volunteer Office Support Staff!
For more details, please see our website (https://www.nia.or.jp/record_en/)or official Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/nia.nagasaki/)If you have any comments or suggestions about NAPIA, please let us know.

Nagasaki International Association
2-11 Dejima-machi Nagasaki City
E-mail：nia@nia.or.jp

TEL：095-823-3931

FAX：095-822-1551

HP：https://www.nia.or.jp/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/nia.nagasaki/