2009 May

No. 133

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English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, Easy Japanese versions are available.
Please visit the Kawasaki International Association’s homepage:
http://www.kian.or.jp/hlkwsk.html(Information by Kawasaki City ）No. 397

Issued by the Kawasaki International Association

Exhibition “Fujiko F Fujio World”

The exhibition “Fujiko F Fujio World –DORAEMON and his Friends” has been held at ARTE RICA SHIN YURI
2009.
Tickets: Adults - ¥500, Students (Junior High and High School) - ¥300, Children (5years old and under) - ¥200Place: ARTE RICA SHIN YURI 21 Hall (5-minute walk from Shin- Yurigaoka station on the Odakyu Line.)
Hours: 09:00 – 18:00 (Admission is until 17:30)
No. 398 Kawasaki Daishi Takigi Noh (Noh Play) will be performed at 17:30 on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 atKawasaki Daishi Heiken Temple
Tickets: ( ¥300 / person ) available at Kawasaki Daishi (Tel:044-266-3420) or Kawasaki Nohgaku-Do
Tel:044-222-7995

No. 399 Spring Opening of the Rose Garden in Ikuta
The Rose Garden in Ikuta Tama-ku is open now. It will be open until Sunday June 7th.
Hours: Weekdays 10:00 – 16:30 Weekends and Holidays: 9:00 – 16:30

Admission: FreeThe Rose garden is a 12-minute walk from Mukougaoka-Yuuen station on the Odakyu Line(Monthly topics）
Applications for public housing in Kawasaki City will start at the end of May.
Those eligible are：①Those who have lived or worked in Kawasaki for one year or more
②Those who have difficulties finding a house③Those who will be able to get on well with neighbors.
④Those who have never been late in paying house rent or who have properly paid Residential Taxes.
⑤Whole families with a gross income that should be under ¥158000.
Application forms are available at Word office, Ministerial Service Center
Further information: Kawasaki International Association 044-435-7000
Kawasaki City Housing Corporation 044-244-7578
Financial Support System for Foreign Students
The Kawasaki International Association has been providing a Financial Support System to foreign students
The following are eligible:①Those who have status as a “Foreign Student”②Those who are living in Kawasaki City and have an Alien Registration Card.
③Those who are going to a college, technical college, or advanced vocational school in Kawasaki City
④Those who can join international events or activities in Kawasaki City
A Letter of Recommendation from the school is also required.
Amount:¥10.000/month, ¥120.000, total (paid in two installments)

Applicants: 54 students

If you are interested in applying, please contact Mr. Inose at the Kawasaki International Association.

(Information form KIA, Events, Classes, Q&A [Consulting])
We want Folk Costumes!!!
The Kawasaki International Association is providing rentals of folk costumes and instruments from a variety ofcountries to schools in Kawasaki City in order to allow students to understand more about foreign countries.
If you have a folk costume that you are not wearing any longer or instruments that you don’t need any more,
please donate them! We will re-use them in an efficient way. Please contact Ms. Kojima at the Kawasaki
International Center.

Tel: 044-435-7000

Please come and Join the Unicef “Love Walk”
The Unicef “Love Walk” will be held at Kawasaki Ikuta Ryokuchi on Saturday May 16, organized by Japan
Unicef, Kawasaki Prefectuｒal Branch. The reception desk opens at 9:15am. It will finish at 1:00pm. There are
two courses; one is 8km and the other one is 4km. Fee: Adults - ¥500, Children - ¥200
How to apply: please send name, address, age, and contact number via Telephone, Fax, or mail by May 11th.
TEL:045-473-1144（Mon –Sat. 10am-5:00pm）

FAX: 045-473-1143 Ｅmail:sibu@unicef-kanagawa.jp

Special Topic
Fixed-amount Cash Handout and Parenting Support Special Subsidy to Households concerned.
Kawasaki City will mail application forms soon. Please fill the form out and mail it back with a copy that shows
your bank account number and a copy of your Alien Registration Card. When it is accepted, the amount will beremitted to it.
For Further information : 044-540-0787 (Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese is available)*Fixed- amount Cash Handout
Eligible: Those who have an Alien Registration Card issued by Kawasaki City as of Feb.1st, 2009
( Those who are overstaying or who have “Temporary Visitor” status are NOT eligible)
Applicant/Receiver: individual
Amount: ¥12,000 /eligible person¥20,000/ those who were born on Feb. 2nd, 1944 and earlier, and those who were born on Feb 2nd, 1990and later.
* Parenting Support Special Subsidy
Eligible: second and later children who were born between April 2nd, 2002 and April 1st, 2005.
(Children, who are 18 years old or younger, are eligible. This means that if you have three children and eldest is
19 years old, the second is 14 years old, and the youngest is 9 years old, then only the youngest is eligible.)( Those who are overstaying or have “Temporary Visitor” status are NOT eligible)
Applicants/Recipients: Householder with eligible child/children

Counseling in foreign languages (10:00 – 12:00, 13:00 – 16:00)

Amount: ¥36,000 / eligible child

TEL:044-435-7000

EnglishMonday - Saturday

ChineseTuesday, Wednesday, Friday

Portuguese

Tuesday, Friday

SpanishTuesday, Wednesday

Korea

Tuesday, Thursday

Tagalog

Tuesday, Wednesday＊Counseling in Japanese is also available. Please feel free to come and consult.
＊Counseling Services for Foreigners on Visa and Others with lawyer who is a notary public (Gyouseishoshi).
Place: Kawasaki International Center Date & Time: Sunday, May 17 2:00pm - 4:00pm(Ms. Kambe)

The Kawasaki International Association’s 20th Anniversary
The Kawasaki International Association was established in 1989. This year is the 20th anniversary.
To celebrate, we will have an international festival in July and a special concert in Asao in November, as well as aJapanese speech contest by foreign residents next year. We will provide details as soon as they have been set.
Please come and join us!!!