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ジョFebruary 2023 No. 58

JKK Tokyo PR Magazine[Issued by] Public Housing Management Section, Public Housing Division,
Tokyo Metropolitan Housing Supply Corporation
Terrace Shibuya Mitake 1-15-15 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8543

Contents◆ Complete Ways to Prevent Infection …………………………… 1

Complete Ways toPrevent Infection!

◆ Prevent Frailty! …………………………………………………………… 2◆ Building Muscle at Home: Leg Stretches Edition ……………… 3◆ Introduction of Local Community Activities (Kiyose Daita) 4◆ Preventing Furniture from Falling Over ……………………… 5◆ Mechanical Parking Facilities: Avoid Dangerous Behavior……… 6◆ Supporting the Expansion of Electric Vehicles (EV) and
Similar Vehicles as a Step Towards Achieving Carbon
Neutrality …………………………………………………………………… 7◆ Information About Various Procedures …………………………… 8◆ Introduce a Friend to JKK and Get a Present ………………… 9◆ Introduction of "Asumilife Minamiosawa"
Senior Home with Nursing Care ………………………………… 10◆ JKK Tokyo Customer Center Telephone Numbers ……… 10

3 basics of preventing infection

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Avoiding the three C’s• Closed spaces with poor ventilation• Crowded places where there aremany people• Close conversations at short distances

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Hand washingand disinfecting

Wearing a mask

• Always wear a mask when talking
with someone.
• Securely cover both your noseand mouth.
• Adjust so there are no gaps.

Socialdistancing<Be sure to do this at thefollowing times!>• When returning home from outside• Before and after preparing food
• Before meals

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• Trim your fingernails sothey are short.
• Remove wristwatches
and rings.

After wetting your hands wellwith running water, use soap
and carefully scrub the palmsof your hands.

Scrub the back of your hands
using a pushing motion.

Carefully wash your fingertips
and under your fingernails.

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After washing with soap, rinse
completely with water andthen dry your hands by wipingthem carefully with a clean
towel or paper towel.

Wash between your fingers.

Wash your thumbs and thepalms of your hands with atwisting motion.

Do not forget to also wash
your wrists.

Washing your hands
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No.58Prevent Frailty!
Exercise is the key to good health. For people
who know this but still find it hard to do...
Frailty is a state of deterioration of the body and mind, where ties to society are weakened.
Preventing frailty can extend the years that you remain healthy.
Tomoki Tanaka, Institute of Gerontology, University of Tokyo

Everyone knows that breaking a sweat with daily exercise is good for your mental andphysical health. “Exercise habit” refers to 30 minutes or more of sweat-producing exercise
performed two or more times a week and continuing for a year or longer. Many people
struggle to maintain the habit of exercise, and this writer is no exception. However it has
been reported that adding just around 10 minutes of physical activity, including everyday
living behavior, can help maintain your mental and physical functions.
A study investigated the physical activity of 25,241 persons in England with no exercise
habit (average age 61.8, 14,178 were women) and then followed their progress over the
next approximately seven years. During those seven years, 852 persons died due tovarious causes, and the study showed that the death rate was lower among persons who
unconsciously engaged in slightly intense physical activity such as shopping or climbing
stairs in their daily lives (living activities that produce hard breathing for around one to two
minutes at a time) around three times a day. The same result was observed in 62,344
persons who had an exercise habit.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare recommends adding 10 minutes of physicalactivity (Plus Ten) each day. Spending too much time without moving is a cause ofdeteriorating health. Although making exercise a habit requires the right motivation andenvironment, I hope you will strive for Plus Ten and add slightly intense physical activity(such as fast walking or climbing stairs) to your everyday lives.

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Building Muscle at Home
~Leg Stretches Edition~JKK Smile Assistants are broadcasting videos on YouTube of exercises which you can do at home.
Here we will introduce the leg stretches from one of these videos.
These stretches are effective in improving blood flow, reducing swelling, and preventing cold hands
and feet.
Please try them for yourself!

Go here to watch
on YouTube.

Caution!

Basic posture

Please refrain from doing thesestretches if you have an artificial
hip. Also discontinue thestretches if you feel pain.

Place both hands behind you,and sit with your legs extended and open to aroundthe width of your shoulders.

■Hip and ankle stretches(1) Relax your legs and wiggle them left and right.
(2) While breathing in, roll your legs outward so your little toes are touching the floor.
(3) While breathing out, roll your legs inward so that your big toes are touching the floor.
(4) Rotate your ankles (inward and outward) synchronized with a slow pace of breathing.

★Important★
When rotating your ankles, rotate them largely and concentrateon making your little toes touch the floor on the outside andyour big toes touch the floor on the inside.

Breathe in■Calf stretches

Breathe out(1) Place your feet together and relax your legs.
(2) While breathing out, slowly push your toes forward.
(3) While breathing in, pull your toes back toward you.

■Rock, paper, scissors with your toes

Repeat three times.
* If your legs begin to cramp, relax them.

(1) Rock: With your fee together and straight out, curl your toes tightly.
(2) Scissors: Pull your big toe toward you while pushing your other four toes in the opposite direction.
(3) Opposite scissors: Push your big toe away from you while pulling your other four toes in the opposite direction.
(4) Paper: Open all of your toes away from one another.

Rock

Scissors

Opposite Scissors

Paper

Move your toes repeatedly: Rock → Scissors → Paper → Rock → Opposite Scissors → Paper.

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No.58Introduction of Local Community Activities
Kiyose Daita Jutaku:

Yasumidokoro(Relaxation Space)

Activity day: Every Monday
Time: 10:00 – 13:00

Here we will introduce the Yasumidokoro (Relaxation Space) local community
activity run by Daita Smile at Kiyose Daita Jutaku in Kiyose City.

About Yasumidokoro
Yasumidokoro is a salon which provides a place where residents can relax together and everyone can spend
time doing what they like at their own pace.
The first salon is now open from 10:00 to 13:00 on Monday of each week.

Description of activity
People spend their time however they want, in various ways. Some enjoy games such as cards and Othello,
individually doing handcrafts or reading, or concentrating on copying sutras.

On the day when I visited, local volunteers were conducting a cosmetics class.

A resident who is a former professional photographer
held an exhibition of his photos.

I spoke with Ms. Hozumi, a representative of Daita Smile.
●What made you start this activity?
I wanted to create a cool place in the summer for people who have no air conditioning or who are hesitant to run the cooler because of electricity costs. Use of the Community Salon is free and it has air conditioning, so I thought we should put it to use! I began the salon as “Cool Space” in July 2022.
● Is there anything you want to try in the future?
I would like everyone in the salon to think about how we can live the way
we want in the super-aging society that is coming, and to create somethingcalled “future notes for ourselves”.
While we are still healthy and able to make decisions, I would like to havelively discussion about our ideas and how to prepare for comfortable living in
the future, and to write these ideas down to record them.
I would also like to create opportunities to regularly review them andchange them as many times as necessary.

Ms. Hozumi, representative of Daita Smile

I was particularly struck by Ms. Hozumi when she said, “I want to live as I want to in this apartment complex for as longas possible. For this reason, I think it is important to create a place where residents can come together and interact.”

JKK would like to help with creating opportunities for starting this kind of community activity.
*This article is based on information collected on December 19, 2022.

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No.58to prevent
Taking steps
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Preventing Furniture from Falling OverWe never know when an earthquake will strike! Check these four
key points and check the safety of your home. Detailed information about disaster preparations is available on the JKK homepage. Please take a look.

Key point１

Ensure asafe space.

Key point 2

Install and use
furniturecorrectly.

Key point 3

Prevent furniture
and appliancesfrom falling over.

Go here for the
JKK HP.

□ Reduce the number of furniture pieces.
□ Do not place furniture with wheels near the entrance to a room.
□ In order to prevent fire after an earthquake, do not place furniture
anywhere around fire.
□ Avoid placing furniture in bedrooms and rooms used by small children
or elderly persons.
□ Do not place objects on top of furniture.
□ Position furniture so it will not fall onto the place where
you sleep.
□ Place furniture so that it will not block your escaperoute if it falls over.
□ Do not place tall furniture on a rug or tatami mat.
□ Store heavy items at the bottom to make falling over less likely.
□ Install furniture so that it leans backward rather thanforward.

Falls onto
the bedFalls awayfrom the bed□ Select the fixtures used to anchor furniture according to the furniture weight and shape.
□ Anchor furniture at top and bottom with at least 2 types of fixtures. [Pole typeand stopper type]□ Be sure to use a bracket and connect furniture that is separated into top andbottom parts.
□ Do not place furniture in high places or unstable places.
[Pole type]Install on the inside.

[Stopper type]Install on bothsides of furniture.

[Connecting bracket]

Wall
Furniture

Furniture

Furniture
Floor

Key point 4

Prevent items
inside fromflying out.

□ Install door-opening stoppers on furniture that has opening doors.
□ Apply shatter-proof film to glass doors.
□ Apply a non-slip sheet to cupboard shelves to prevent dishes from flying out.
□ Apply an adhesive mat that absorbs vibration between the TV and TV stand.
□ Install fall-prevention bars and fall-prevention tape on storage furniturethat does not have doors.

When creating screw holes in a wall for a screw fixture used to prevent furniturefrom falling over, you will not be required to restore the wall to its original conditions aslong as the hole is no larger than diameter 9 mm and depth 2.5 cm.
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Avoid dangerous
behavior?

Mechanical Parking Facilities

The mechanical parking facilities that we use every day can lead to serious accidents if operated incorrectly.
In order to prevent accidents inside the facility, pay attention to the following
points and work for safe use!
□ Do not allow persons other than the driver into the parking system.

Unloading baggage can cause
mis-operation or malfunction. Be
sure to unload it outside the parking system.

Be sure that passengers disembark outside of the parking
system in order to prevent accidents caused by being locked
inside.

Be sure to check that no children
or other passengers are left
inside.

□ Use your own eyes to check that there are no obstacles or persons inor around the parking system.
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Do not permit children to play in the area around mechanical parking
facilities. Be sure to check that there are no persons inside the parking system before operating it.

When entering and leaving the facility, do
not accelerate quickly. Move slowly andcheck for the safety of people in the area.

□ Do not use fixtures or other means to fasten theoperating panel button.

Do not use the operating panel button by fastening it with a fixture or other means.
With many parking systems, operation will stop when the operating panel button
is released in order to ensure safety. Fastening the button with a fixture or othermeans will prevent the safety function from activating. This will make it impossible to immediately stop operation and creates the danger of a serious accident.

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Caution Check for safety while operating and do not step away from the operating panel.
If you notice anything irregular or dangerous, stop operation of the system.
* Be careful to keep children away from the system while it is operating.

* Do not place tires, car supplies, or other personal items in the parking area.

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Also be careful thatyou do not forget toremove the key.

No.58Supporting the Expansion of Electric Vehicles (EV) and Similar
Vehicles as a Step Towards Achieving Carbon Neutrality
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System of reduced parking area fees for owners ofelectric vehicles (EV) and similar vehicles

JKK has started a system which reduces the monthly parking area fees by 20% forowners of EV (electric vehicles, electric motorbikes) and FCV (fuel cell vehicles, fuel cellmotorbikes) as a step towards achieving carbon neutrality. This system will start in
February 2023 and run for up to five years.
You can check the details in “Information About Reduced Parking Area Fees” available atthe management office. Applications should be submitted to the management office.

▼JKK homepage(System of reduced parking area fees)2

Web questionnaire survey regarding installation ofelectric vehicle (EV) charging equipment

JKK has already installed electric vehicle charging equipment at JKK housing in order topromote the wider use of electric vehicles as a step towards achieving carbon neutrality.
(Installed in 50 sections of 25 complexes as of the end of 2021.)
As we proceed with further installation of charging equipment in the future, we decided to
conduct a web questionnaire in order to more accurately identify the needs of JKK housing
residents.
We ask for your cooperation with this questionnaire.
[How to complete the questionnaire]●Use the QR code below to access the web questionnaire via the
JKK homepage, then complete the questionnaire.
https://www.to-kousya.or.jp/k_news/r5_2news.html▼JKK homepage(web questionnaire)●Questionnaire period:
February 1, 2023 (Wednesday) – February 28, 2023 (Tuesday)
Contact for more information about 1 and 2 above
Please contact us at JKK Tokyo Customer Center telephone number ① on page 10.
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Information About Various Procedures
Please complete the necessary procedures when there is a change to your family composition orother information while you reside in the apartment.
Requesting a
name change

Requesting achange ofguarantor

Request this change when the names of the persons living in the residence changed due to death of the renter, moving out, or other reason.
Request this when you want to change your guarantor (using the system
for guaranteeing payment of rent and other expenses).
* As a result of revised civil law that took effect on April 1, 2020, a new form is now used for requestinga change of guarantor. In the future when changing the guarantor of an individual renter, we will mailyou a request form that contains the “maximal amount” which is the upper limit of the guarantee.

Notice of change to
Submit this notification when there was a change to the notification information or emerregistered information gency contact information of the renter, persons living in the same residence, or guarantor.
Notification of change Submit this notification when there was a change in the composition of thein family composition persons living with you due to birth, death, moving out, or other reason.
Requesting approval Submit this request before making modifications such as installing a dishwasher, replacing a faucet in order to install a water purifier, or installing afor housing
camera-equipped intercom (including products with recording functions).
modifications* Each request or notification is subject to qualification requirements and conditions. Please check with the Customer Center in advance
before completing the procedure.
* To submit the documents, either submit them directly at the management office or the area office for your area, or mail them to the area
office for your area. Verification of identity is required when submitting document, so be sure to bring ID with you when coming to the office.
* In some cases you may have to submit other documents attached to the request or notification. At this time, please submit documents which
do not contain your Individual Number (My Number). (* Your Individual Number will not be printed on a copy of your resident register unless
you specifically request it.)

The following documents can be downloaded from the homepage.
● Notification of change to registered information● Notification of change to family composition● Request for certificate and additional copy of the contract● Request for new cohabitant▲ Download forms● Notification concerning use of the adult guardianship system

We receive many questions about procedures and other matters sent to us byresidents of JKK housing. These are posted in Q&A format on the homepage.

What is the procedure
for requesting a
name change?

Can I get a certificate of
housing rent or
the rental contract?
▲Frequently Asked
Questions

To contact us, please call JKK Tokyo Customer Center telephone number ① on page 10.
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Please introduce JKK Tokyo housing to a friend!

Introduce a
FriendUntil April 17,
2023 (Monday)

to JKK and Get a Present

For details,
please see thespecial page.

Introduce JKK Tokyo housing to a friend
who is looking for a place to live,in the amount ofyen!
and receive a gift card
JKK has prepared rent discount systems to make it easier for persons in a wide range of households to move in.
The friend you introduce can make use of these rent discount systems.
* This does not apply to friends who are already living in JKK Tokyo housing.

Step 35
Discount System

For newly-married andmarried couple households

For single-parent
households

Child-raising discount

Pair support

Nearby living
support discount자세한내용은 여기로

Student
discount※할인 제도에는 대상 주택이 있습니다.

［JKK Housing Registration Center］

Landlord

Business hours: 9:30 – 18:00 (closed Sundays and holidays)（main desk）

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No.58Introduction of “Asumilife Minamiosawa”
Senior Home with Nursing CareJKK Tokyo is seeking residents for “Asumilife Minamiosawa” , a rental senior home withnursing care in Minamiosawa, Hachioji City in Tama New Town.
Asumilife Minamiosawa includes a clinic within the facility, with care staff available 24
hours a day, and an on-duty physician. Residents who move in while they are healthy andindependent can continue to live as they always have, with peace of mind in case of an
emergency.
When residents require full-time nursing care, they can move to the adjacent nursing carebuilding and continue to utilize the nursing care services.
Asumilife Minamiosawa is operated by Seirei Social Welfare Community, which has
extensive experience.
It welcomes residents with a seamless support system for continual comfortable livingfrom the active (independent) period until the end (end-of-life care).
To request materials or for inquiries related to Asumilife Minamiosawa,please contact the Asumilife Minamiosawa Information Center.
0120-874-555
Business hours: 9:00 – 17:00 (Closed weekends, holidays, andduring the year-end and New Year holiday period.)▼Asumilife Minamiosawa
homepage

JKK Tokyo Customer Center Telephone Numbers★ Persons wishing to contact an area office should also use this telephone number.

Reception hours

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM (Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and during theyear-end and New Year holidays)① Consultations regarding procedures,
payment of rent, or living conditions●Navi Dial

0570- 03- 0031

● For persons unable use Navi Dial (0570
service), and persons using a mobile phonefree-call or discount service:☎03-6279-2962

Navi Dial

Emergency calls regarding water leakage and other emergency
repairs, accidents, fires, or the safety of residents may be made24 hours a day, 365 days a year
year.

●Navi Dial

0570- 03- 0032

● For persons unable use Navi Dial (0570
service), and persons using a mobile phonefree-call or discount service:☎03-6279-2963

Calls to Navi Dial (0570 service) from a landline phone will be charged the local call rate (excluding public phones and PHS).
When calling Navi Dial (0570 service) from a mobile phone, the free-call or discount services offered by the telecommunications
company do not apply.

See here for frequently
asked questions concerning procedures and othermatters.

▲* If the matter is not urgent, please avoid calling
between 9:00 am and 10:00 am on Mondays or
the day following a holiday, as phone lines arealways very busy at these times.

10② Requests or inquiries regarding repairs