June, July 2021

English（英語）Kawasaki Intetnational AssociationJapanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Thai, Bahasa Indonesia,
Nepali, Easy Japanese versions are available at the Kawasaki International Association’s homepage:
http://www.kian.or.jp/hlkwsk.html
211-0033 Kanagawa-ken Kawasaki-shi Nakahara-ku Kizuk Gion-cho 2－2
Tel 044-435-7000 Fax 044-435-7010
http://www.kian.or.jp/ E-mail：kiankawasaki@kian.or.jp**************************************************************************************

Kawasaki International Center
Foreign residents’ counseling service has expanded!
As of April 1, 2021 the foreign residents’ counseling service one-stop center has new hours. And
this year we have interpretation by phone available, so even if there isn’t a staff
with your desired language at the moment, we can help you.

Hours of operation:

9:00 to 17:00 (including during the lunch hour)
Applying for school or a job, starting a new school year, moving house, etc... Whether it
relates to a new start or to your everyday life, if there’s anything you want advice about, we arehere to help you by telephone, e-mail, or in person at the Center.
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2021 International Festival in Kawasaki
The yearly event, ‘International Festival’ which suppose to be held on the 4th of July wascancelled due to prevent of the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Summer Children’s Language Classes2021＊Dates：July 21 (Wed), 22 (Thus), 23 (Fri) 2021
＊Limit：15 per class（chosen by lot if too many apply）＊Where：Kawasaki International Center＊Fee：¥3,300 (including materials)＊To apply：use the format supplied on the Center homepage
Include: ①course name ②child’s name with furigana and spelling in the Roman alphabet③school year ④name of parent or guardian ⑤address ⑥daytime phone number of parent orguardian ⑦e-mail address of parent or guardian＊All applications must be received by Friday, June 25thCourse nameTime

Children’s English A

13:00 – 14:00

School year of students
Current 1st and 2nd yr
ES studentsChildren’s English B

14:30 – 15:30

Instructor

Current 3rd and 4th yr

Elda Beatriz Fujikura(from Argentina)

ES studentsChildren’s Spanish

10:30 – 11:30

Current 1st, 2nd, 3rd ,4th and 5th yr
ES students

Yovani Ichikawa(from Peru)COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Multilingual Call Center
Phone number: 0120-761770 (toll-free)
Hours: see below (includes weekends and holidays)*Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish: 9:00 to 21:00*Thai: 9:00 to 18:00*Vietnamese: 10:00 to 19:00*************************************************************************************
reservation required

Information Session for Foreign Residents:
How to Apply for Public Housing
freePersons who wish to apply for public housing, but who are not sure how, can attend this session
and get help filling out their forms.
(English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Nepalese, Vietnamese, andIndonesian interpreters will be available.)When: Saturday, June 12th, 10am to noon
Where: Kawasaki International Center 2nd floor Group Activities Room
Application Period: until 16:30 on June 9th (Wed): apply by phone or in person
Public housing is:constructed jointly by city and national governments (but owned by the city) for low-income people withhousing problems to rent at reasonable rates. Unlike on the private market, there’s an application period,
income criteria and other rules. There’s no key money or renewal fee, but a tenant’s income is checked
every year to determine their rental rate.
Application criteria: (1) legally an adult in Japan,(2) resident of Kawasaki City for at least a year,
or have worked at the same job in Kawasaki for at least a year(3) monthly income not above a certain level(4) having serious problems related to housing etc.

****************************************************************************************************************Consultations for Foreign Residents at the Kawasaki International Center
If there’s something about living in Japan that you are worried about or would like to ask,
you can get advice here. （Free）★Consultation hours expanded from April！
・Now open 9:00 to 17:00 (open also during the lunch hour)・For consultations by phone dial: 044-455-8811
We have interpretation by phone available, so even if there isn’t a staff with your desired language at themoment, we can assist you.
LanguageDays available

LanguageDays available

EnglishMon through Sat

ChineseMon through Sat

Portuguese

Tues, Fri

SpanishTues, Wed

KoreanTues, Thurs

TagalogTues, Wed

Vietnamese

Tues, Fri

Thai

Mon, Tues

IndonesianTues, Wed

NepaliTues, Sat＊Free consultations with an administrative scrivener(in Japanese only; interpreter available by reservation)
When: Sun. June 20th, Sun. July 18th, 2021 14:00 to 16:00
Where: Kawasaki International Center 2nd floor, Association Meeting RoomKawasaki
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