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外国人市民代表者会議オープン会議について

The Kawasaki City Representative Assembly for Foreign Residents exists to reflect the opinions
and concerns of the city’s foreign residents to the city administration. It regularly holds discussions about
how to make Kawasaki City a place that is easy for everyone to live in. And in order that everyone’s voice
may be heard, it is holding an open forum on Sunday, December 10, 2006 from 1 to 5 pm in the large
conference room at Takatsu Civic Hall. The Civic Hall is about a 2-minute walk from either the JR
Musashi-mizonokuchi Station on the Nambu Line, or Mizonokuchi Station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi
Line.
The Open Forum will have a two-part structure: a panel discussion entitled “The Realization of
Foreign Residents’ Participation in City Administration: Results and Challenges”, and then a series ofsubcommittee meetings: “Education and Culture”, “Society and Life”, and “The Representative Assembly”.
Everyone is strongly encouraged to come and participate.
For more information, please contact the Human Rights and Gender Equality Office, Citizens
Affairs Bureau of Kawasaki City (that’s the SHIMIN-KYOKU JINKEN DANJO KYODOSANKAKUSHITSU in Japanese) at 0 4 4 – 2 0 0 – 2 3 5 9.

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川崎市観光写真コンクール作品の募集について

The Kawasaki City Tourism Photography Competition has put out its Call for Submissions.
The theme of this year’s competition is “Kawasaki Highlights and Special Places We Want
Everyone To Know About”. The organizers are looking for images which tell of the charming places andhappenings to be found in Kawasaki City.
Entry is limited to photographs which have not been published elsewhere. Prints should be 25.4
by 30.5 centimeters, or 25.4 by 35.6 centimeters. Kawasaki City retains the copyright to winning photos.
Pictures submitted cannot be returned.
To enter, mail your photos by January 31, 2007 to the Commerce and Tourism Section, Economic
Affairs Bureau of Kawasaki City (the KAWASAKI-SHI KEIZAI-KYOKU SHOGYO-KANKO-KA inJapanese) postal code 210-8577. You need to write the following both on the back of the picture AND on a
separate piece of paper: your name, address and telephone number; the title of the picture, where andwhen it was taken, and whether it is a digital or film photograph.
For more information you can call the Commerce and Tourism Section mentioned above at 0 4 4 – 200–2329.

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光のイベント「KAWASAKI 光のメモリアル」について“Kawasaki Memorial of Light”, an event including illuminations decorating the plaza in front of JR
Kawasaki Station and the trees along Shiyakusho Street, runs from now until the 26th of December.
In addition to illumination displays in the form of Christmas trees and things like that, you can see
giant inflated balloons advertising the American Football World Cup 2007, which will be held in Kawasaki
City next year.
Why not enjoy the romantic Christmas night ambience in front of Kawasaki Station this winter?
The lights will be turned on from 5 p.m.
For more information call the Commerce and Tourism Section, Economic Affairs Bureau ofKawasaki City (in Japanese it’s the KAWASAKI-SHI KEIZAI-KYOKU SHOGYO-KANKO-KA) at 0 4 4 – 20 0 – 2 3 3 0.

New Counseling Services for non-Japanese will start in October, 2006 at thetwo ward offices. The same services will continue to be provided at the Kawasaki International Center.
The schedule of consultation services are as follows:
Asao Ward OfficeLanguage

DayKawasaki Ward OfficeHour＊ Language

ChineseTuesday

9:30-12:00＊Chinese

Tagalog

Wednesday

14:00-16:30＊ Tagalog

EnglishThursday9:30-12:00＊English

DayHour

Tuesday

14:00-16:30

Wednesday 9:30-12:00
Thursday

14:00-16:30

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:kian@bremen.or.jp HP URL:http://www.bremen.or.jp/kian/