24 Frequently Asked Questions
In this page there are frequently asked questions and answers. When you havedifficulty with daily life, you can check following Q＆A and it may help you.

Q１
AWhen the expiry of your Individual Number Card isapproaching.

The validity of your Individual Number Card is same with your period of stay.
After updating your period of stay, you can extend the validity of Individual
Number Card.
Go through procedures at < the Citizen Section ( Shimin Ka ) > of the City Hallor Branch Offices.
It will cost money to apply for the Individual Number Card if you make anapplication after your card has lapsed.
When to go throughprocedures
What you shouldbring（ bring all of them）■Contact

When the status of your residence card ( zairyūcard ) changes.
When the period of stay is extended.
➀Residence card ( Zairyū Card )②Individual Number Card

Citizen Section ( Shimin Ka ) （ Individual Number Card ）( Counter number 5 )■Phone Number 0475-77-8110■For more information, refer to pages 26 through 28.

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When you get a payment slip of Light Vehicle Tax ( KeiJidōsha Zei ) after dismantling and disposeing of it

Make sure to go through the following procedures after dismantling anddisposing of a light vehicle.
If you don’t go through these procedures, a payment slip will be sent to you.
When to go throughprocedures
Name of theprocedures

When you dismantle and dispose of a light vehicle
Disposal procedure of Vehicle Inspection
Certificate information( Shakenshō Jyōhō no Masshō Tetsuduki )Light Motor Vehicle Inspection Organization( Keijidōsya Kensa Kyōkai )Where to go throughprocedures

Chiba OfficeAddress：223-8 Shinminato Mihama-ku
Chiba City Chiba prefecture
Phone number：050-3816-3114■ContactTax Imposition Section ( Kazei Ka ) ( Counter number 7 )■Phone Number 0475-80-1281■For more information, refer to page 33.

Q３

A

When you want to get a Certificate of Income and Taxation( Shotoku / Kazei Shōmei Sho ) for updating your Residencecard ( Zairyū Card )Please file a income tax return if you want a Certificate of Income and Taxation( Shotoku / Kazei Shōmei Sho ).
It takes time to issue the certificate after filing a tax return.
Please submit a tax return form as soon as possible to the Tax Imposition Section( Kazei Ka ).
■Contact Tax Imposition Section ( Kazei Ka ) ( Counter number 7 )■Phone Number 0475-80-1281■For more information, refer to pages 35 and 36.

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What do you need to do in the following situations？
●When the company’s representative or company’s officemoves to Sammu City from other cities.
●When the company’s representative or company’s officeleaves Sammu City.

AGo through the following procedures at < Tax Imposition Section ( Kazei Ka )> of the City Hall.
●When the company’s representative or company’s
office leaves Sammu City.
When to go throughprocedures( leaving from Sammu City )●When the company’s representative or company’s
office moves to Sammu City from other cities.
( living in Sammu City )Name of the procedures

Notification of Corporate transfer( Hōjin no Idō Todoke )➀ Notification of Corporation, etc.

What you should bring( Hōjintō Todokedesho )（ bring all of them）② Certificate of all records( Rirekijikō zenbu shōmeisho )Where to go throughprocedures

Tax Imposition Section ( Kazei Ka )Address：296 Tonodai Sammu City
Phone Number ：0475-80-1281■Contact Tax Imposition Section ( Kazei Ka ) ( Counter number 7 )■Phone Number 0475-80-1281

Q５A

What types of corporate taxes are there when you run acompany in Japan？

Please file a tax return between the day after the last day of fiscal year and twomonths later. Pay the following taxes.

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Corporate Tax

Tax paid to tax office( Hōjin Zei )Corporate Business Tax( Hōjin Jigyō Zei )Corporate municipal Tax( Hōjin Jyūmin Zei )Tax paid to prefectual tax office
Tax paid to city office■Contact Tax Imposition Section ( Kazei Ka ) ( Counter number 7 )■Phone Number 0475-80-1281

Q６
A

Where to dispose of Household garbage.

Rules of how to dispose of garbage depend on the area you live in.
Use the table on pages 42 and 43 to find out which area you live in.
➀ Buy the designated garbage bags. The garbage bags
are determined by the area you live in.
② Dispose of garbage at a Garbage Collection Point( Gomi Station ).
For more information about Garbage Collection Points（If you put out thegarbage to theneighboring GarbageCollection Point ( GomiStation )Gomi Station ） , ask neighbors or < theEnvironmental Conservation Section ( Kankyō HozenKa ) > at the City Hall.
【 Be careful of the following！ 】
・ Disposing of waste at non Garbage Collection Points
leads to going to jail or paying a fine.
・ Your neighbors handle the Garbage Collection Point.
When you want to use it, contact your neighbors
before using it.
・ In Sanbu, Matsuo, and Hasunuma area, there aremany cases in which the Garbage Collection Points（ Gomi Station ） are different for different types ofgarbage.

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・Those who live in Sanbu, Matsuo, and Hasunuma area
Sanmugunshi Environmental Sanitation Association( Sanmugunshi Kankyō Eisei Kumiai )Address：1149-1 Kannō Matsuomachi Sammu City
Phone Number：0479-86-3516
If you bring thegarbage in by yourself

・Those who live in Narutō area
Environmental Clean Center( Tōgane Shi Hoka San Shimachi Kankyō CleanCenter )Address：340 Mikajiri Togane City
Phone Number ：0475-50-9141【 Be careful of the following！ 】
・There aren’t designated garbage bags when you bring
the garbage in by yourself.

■Contact Environmental Conservation Section( Kankyō Hozen Ka ) ( Counter number 16)■Phone Number 0475-80-1163■For more information, refer to pages 41 through 70.

Q７
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When you want to put out large garbage that will not fit in
the designated garbage bags

Rules of how to dispose of garbage depend on the area you live in.
Use the table on pages 42 and 43 to find out which area you live in.
Large garbage that will not fit in the designated garbage bags is collected bythe following. Apply for the pickup date by phone. Ask about the collection
charges by phone.

Those who live in theSanbu, Matsuo, andHasunuma areas
Those who live in theNarutō area

Sanmugunshi Environmental Sanitation Association( Sanmugunshi Kankyō Eisei Kumiai )Phone Number：0479-86-3516
Environmental Clean Center ( Tōgane Shi Hoka San
Shimachi Kankyō Clean Center )Phone Number：0475-50-9141- 107 -■Contact Environmental Conservation Section( Kankyō Hozen Ka ) ( Counter number 16)■Phone Number 0475-80-1163■For more information, refer to pages 41 through 70.

Q８A

Where to buy the designated garbage bags

Rules of how to dispose of garbage depend on the area you live in.
Use the table on pages 42 and 43 to find out which area you live in.
You can buy the designated garbage bags at convenience stores, supermarkets,etc. Buy the designated garbage bags of the area you live in. The designatedgarbage bags are different depending on the area you live in and the type ofgarbage. You can not dispose of garbage using different types of gargabe bag.
Narutō areaSanbu, Matsuo, and Hasunuma area

※The burnable garbage bag is pictured above.
■Contact Environmental Conservation Section( Kankyō Hozen Ka ) (Counter number 16)■Phone Number 0475-80-1163■For more information, refer to pages 41 through 70.

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Q９

Is it possible to put out containers for shampoo anddetergent as a recyclable waste( plastic bottles )?

AIt is NOT possible to put out them as recyclable waste( plastic bottles ).
The containers for food and beverages with the following recycling logo can bethrown away as recyclable waste( plastic bottles ).
Recycling logo
Recyclable waste( plastic bottles )Put the container without a recycling logo in the burnable garbage bag.

★Example of the container without a recycling symbol

Burnable Waste< Moeru Gomi >Shampoo Detergent

Dressing

Sauce

Oil

■Contact Environmental Conservation Section( Kankyō Hozen Ka ) (Counter number 16)■Phone Number 0475-80-1163■For more information, refer to pages 41 through 70.

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Why didn’t the garbage collectors pick up the garbage which
you threw away?

AGarbage Collectors are not allowed to take the following garbage bags.

The garbage bags thatare not allowed to becollected

The garbage bags that are thrown away on noncollection days
Put out the garbage on the correct collection day.

What you need to do

To find out when you should put out your garbage,refer to “the poster that explains how to dispose ofgarbage”.

The garbage bags thatare not allowed to be

The garbage bags that are not sorted by typecollected
Garbage Collectors will put a document on garbage
that are not able to be collected.
The document says the reason why the garbage has
What you need to do

not been collected.
Sort by type and dispose of the garbage.
To find out how to sort garbage, refer to pages 44
through 70.

■Contact Environmental Conservation Section( Kankyō Hozen Ka ) ( Counter number 16 )■Phone Number 0475-80-1163■For more information, refer to page 41 through 70.

There are rules for when, where,
and what type of garbage youcan dispose of！

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When you can put out your garbage？

A Rules of how to dispose of garbage depend on the area you live in.
Use the table on pages 42 and 43 to find out which area you live in.
Dispose of garbage on the morning of the collection day.
Narutō area ・・・ Put out garbage by 8:00a.m.
Sanbu, Matsuo, and Hasunuma area ・・・ Put out garbage by 8:30a.m.
If you put out garbage at a different time such as the night before collection
day ,it will cause trouble for your neighbors. It will cause the garbage to belittered and cause a bad smell.
■Contact Environmental Conservation Section( Kankyō Hozen Ka ) ( Counter number 16 )■Phone Number 0475-80-1163■For more information, refer to pages 41 through 70.

Q12

Is it possible to make a request of putting out household
garbage to friends or acquaintances?

A When you carry and put out the garbage of another person, it is necessary to geta license. When you ask someone to carry the garbage, make a request to licensed
companies. For more information about licensed companies, refer to page56( Narutō area ) and pages 69 and 70(Sanbu, Matsuo, and Hasunuma area ).
You can check the licensed companies by calling the following.
Narutō area ・・・ Sammu City Environmental Conservation Section( Kankyō Hozen
Ka )（ Phone Number：0475-80-1163 ）Sanbu, Matsuo, and Hasunuma area ・・・ Sanmugunshi Environmental Sanitation
Association(SanmugunshiKankyō

Eisei Kumiai )（ Phone Number：047986-3516 ）■Contact Environmental Conservation Section( Kankyō Hozen Ka ) (Counter number 16)■Phone Number 0475-80-1163■For more information, refer to pages 41 through 70.
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How to dispose of company’s waste

A There are two types of company’s waste which are “Industrial waste”, and“Municipal solid waste”. To find out what types of company’s waste you have,ask Sammu City< Environmental Conservation Section( Kankyō Hozen Ka ) >.
There are two ways of putting out company’s waste.
１．Way of asking licensed companies to put them out.
You can not make a request to non-licensed companies.
For more information about licensed companies, refer to page 56( Narutōarea ) and pages 69 and 70(Sanbu, Matsuo, and Hasunuma area ).
２．Way of putting out them by yourself.
There are rules for how to store, carry, and throw away the waste.
■Contact Environmental Conservation Section( Kankyō Hozen Ka ) (Counter number 16)■Phone Number 0475-80-1163■For more information, refer to pages 41 through 70.

Q14Is it possible to dig a hole and bury garbage in the ground ?

A It is NOT possible to dig a hole and bury garbage in the ground.
Illegal dumping< Dumping waste at non Garbage Collection Points （ GomiStations ）, or not obeying the rules for garbage disposal > is a crime. Illegal
dumping leads to going to jail or paying a fine. Do not bury garbage in the ground.
■Contact Environmental Conservation Section( Kankyō Hozen Ka ) ( Counter number 16 )■Phone Number 0475-80-1163■For more information, refer to pages 41 through 70.

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Is it possible to burn garbage inside or outside of yourhouse ?

A It is NOT possible to burn garbage inside or outside of your house. It will lead togoing to jail or paying a fine.
■Contact Environmental Conservation Section( Kankyō Hozen Ka ) (Counter number 16)■Phone Number 0475-80-1163■For more information, refer to pages 41 through 70.

Q16
A

When you want to consult about daily life.

You can consult with the following.
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