NAPIA

VOL.58 Mar 2022
NAPIA English Edition - Vol. 58
Established May 2009

NAPIA is a newsletter issued by Nagasaki International Association for foreign residents.
Edited by: Nagasaki International Association“Calendar Fair 2022 ~ International Cooperation You Can Do ~” was held!
This year’s Calendar Fair, organized by the Student International NGO BOAT, was held at the 2nd floor
hall of the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum on Saturday, January 15, 2022, with sufficient measuresagainst the new coronavirus infection. Calendars and diaries donated by various firms and organizations
were sold at a low price of 100 to 500 yen. Visitors also enjoyed selecting and buying. The event was agreat success with a total of 186 visitors and a total sales amount of 141,700 yen.

★A message from Ms. FUJITA Yuuka, the representative of theStudent International NGO BOAT that organized this event★
The proceeds of this Calendar Fair will be donated to thePhilippine NGOs, “Development Action for Women Network(DAWN)” and “Childhope Philippines Foundation”, which we,
the Student International NGO BOAT, visited in February
2020. DAWN works primarily to support reintegration intoPhilippine society of Philippine women who came back afteremigration to Japan and the families of Japanese-Filipino
children (JFC), who have Philippine mothers and Japanesefathers, and to protect and promote their human rights andwelfare. Childhope supports street children in the Manila
Metropolitan area in the Philippines through education on thestreet and vocational technical training.
We, BOAT, would like to be more active in our activities as
an international volunteer activity group in spite of the COVID19 disaster. We will keep you updated on our activities on thewebsite of the Student International NGO BOAT
(https://ngoboat.jimdo.com/), so please take a look.

Visiting Childhope Philippines Foundation

Calendar Fair this year

Visiting Development Action for Women Network

A new Vietnamese counselorat the Nagasaki Prefecture Consultation Center for Foreign people!
Hello, everyone.
My name is MICHITSUJI Ann (Vietnamese name: Hoang Thi Thu). I wasborn and raised in Tinh Bac Glang which is one hour away by car from
Hanoi. I came to Japan as an international student eight years ago. I
worked for a food company in Fukuoka Prefecture after I graduated froma university in Nagasaki. I got married after I worked there for two years,
and I decided to go back to Nagasaki where I consider it my second
hometown. I am currently working at “the Nagasaki Prefecture
Consultation Center for Foreign people” since January 2022. This
Consultation Center is for foreign people who live, study, or work in
Nagasaki Prefecture. You can come here when you have a problem
about your residence status, law, work, daily life, etc. and want to discuss
them. If you have any problems, please feel free to contact us.
This time, I would like to introduce the traditional Vietnamese New Year, Tet to you. Traditional Tet forVietnamese is the most important festival of the year. Just as Christmas is a sacred and important holiday
in Western countries that follow Christianity, so is Tet.
To prepare for Tet, every home often buys a lot of new furniture and new clothes, cleans the house, andprepare special dishes to worship their ancestors. Those special dishes are the most carefully prepared ineach region and have their own characteristics.
The most important thing in common is delicious dishes such as chicken and banh chung. Banh chungis a dish that mung beans and pork are sandwiched between glutinous rice, wrapped in la dong leaves andboiled. The day to wrap banh chung is the happiest day of the year for me, and the whole family get
together to soak glutinous rice, prepare mung beans, marinate pork, and wash la dong leaves.
We offer assorted five kinds of fruits, sweets, soft drinks, beer cans, and flowers in addition to a varietyof special dishes to the ancestral altar. Flowers are also selected carefully, and bright colors are used tobring us good luck for the new year. The typical flower that people in the north area use to celebrate Tet ispeach blossom, while people in the south area prefer hoa mai.
In addition, on Tet day, there are many things like traditional games, Tet Market where they sell
decorations, foods, clothes, etc. necessary for Tet, and Flower Market where they sell flowers to decorate
during the Tet period. Traditional games are played to liven up the atmosphere of Tet. Mainly, there are pot
break in which blindfolded people break potteries hung on strings with sticks, bagworm race in which people
bounce in jute bags, tug of war, jump rope, and so on.
Traditional Tet also has a custom of visiting relatives, friends, and neighbors on the occasion of the New
Year. Every time someone visits, the head of the family gives a New Year’s gift to children and the elderly
to wish for their health and prosperity, as well as for those of each other at the beginning of the new year.
This is not only a custom, but also the cultural beauty of the Vietnamese who care and wish that everyone
can live a fulfilling and peaceful life.
If you have a chance, please visit my home country, Vietnam!
Gorgeous dishes of Tet

Banh chung made by mom

Nagasaki Prefecture Consultation Center for Foreign People
People from foreign countries who live in Nagasaki Prefecture can receive advice by phone or in person
about matters such as their status of residence (visa), work, daily life, etc., so that they can live safely andsecurely in this area.
★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 and Vietnamese)over the phone or in person. For languages that the staff cannot directly deal with, portable translation
devices and a 3rd party multi-language interpreting call center will be used to deal with foreign languages.
★Supported Languages: Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Thai,Tagalog, Portuguese, Spanish, and others, for a total of 21 languages.
★Tel：095-820-3377★Fee：Free★Expert Consultation Sessions：Will be held on the 4th Saturday of each month, however, please check
our Home Page or Facebook for the schedule as it may change in some cases.
★Consultations in Other Locations：In addition to giving advice on the phone or in person, consultations
are also offered in various locations around the Prefecture. We will post notice of the schedule as it isdecided.

Consultation Center Q&AQ. We are a foreign couple living in Japan（both are foreign nationals）and going to have a baby soon.
Do we have to apply for a visa for a newborn baby?
A. If your newborn child leaves Japan within 60 days after birth, a visa is not required for him/her. If thebaby will be staying in Japan for more than 60 days, you must apply for a visa for him/her at the immigration
office within 30 days of the baby being born. The application fee is free.
【Required documents】
1．Application form for Permission to Acquire Status of Residence (在留資格取得許可申請書)
2．Certificate of Acceptance of Birth Notification（出生届出受理証明書）, Mother and Child Health Handbook(母子手帳), etc.
3．Certificate of Residence (住民票) of the entire family including the newborn baby
4．Baby’s passport (if it is not ready at this point, you can show it later at the immigration office)5．Copy of both parents’ passports and residence cards
6．Certificate of employment from your workplace (在職証明書)
Tax payment certificate (課税証明書、納税証明書),etc.
7．Questionnaire form (質問票－The parents’ personal information form)
The status of residence that your child can obtain and the documents required for application varydepending on the status of residence of the parents. Please contact the Immigration office for details.

Introducing useful guidebooks!

The Nagasaki International Association creates and provides free guidebooks for people from foreigncountries living in Nagasaki Prefecture. We hope you find them useful! Furthermore, all the guidebooks areavailable 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. It will teachyou 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 an indispensable book for theliving safely and comfortably in Nagasaki!
This guidebook is available in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
URL：https://www.nia.or.jp/files/medias/to-foreigners/seikatu2019-syusei2021.7.pdf

Guide for Using Medical Institutions
This guide was made to assist foreign people when they visit the hospital so that they can feel less anxious.
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 order to make communication as smoothas possible. This guide is slim and compact, so it’s easy to carry with you in the event of an emergency.
This guide is available in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
URL：https://www.nia.or.jp/files/medias/to-foreigners/2019hospital.pdf
Things You Need to Know Before Disaster Strikes!!
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 for natural disasters andhow to respond to them. Don’t wait for a disaster to strike before thinking to prepare! Take this guide andstart preparing today!
This guide is available in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.
URL：https://www.nia.or.jp/files/medias/to-foreigners/saigai2019.pdf
Please tell your friends about these guides too!

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