●What is Intimate Partner
Violence?
Intimate Partnber Violence is violence by acurrent or former spouse or partner.

Physical Abuse・beating ・slapping ・kicking
・throwing objects
・thrusting a knife or other arms
against your body・pulling hair ・choking, etc.

Emotional Abuse・yelling ・continuing to ignore
・controlling your friendship・cheking your phone calls and emails
without your permission・speaking in a dominating manner・not providing living expenses
・limiting your work・refusing to help you renew
your residency status
・depriving you of speaking in your nativelanguage, etc.

Sexual Abuse・ forcing sexual acts ・ refusing birthcontrol・forcing abortion, etc.

◎Who to contact about Intimate Partner Violence
Consultation is free of charge, and kept confidential.
●Consultation about Intimate Partner Violence
Organization
Telephone
NaganoPrefecture
Women’s
026-235-5710
Consultation Center
Saku Health and Welfare Office0267-63-3142

Ueda Health and Welfare Office0268-25-7123

Suwa Health and Welfare Office

0266-57-2911

Ina Health and Welfare Office0265-76-6811

Iida Health and Welfare Office0265-53-0411

Kiso Health and Welfare Office0264-25-2219

MatsumotoOffice0263-40-1914

HealthandWelfare

Omachi Health and Welfare Office0261-23-6508

Nagano Health and Welfare Office026-225-9096

Hokushin Health and Welfare Office0269-62-3943

Nagano Prefecture Center for
0266-22-8822
Gender Equality
Nagano 24-hour Hotline for Child
026-219-2413
Abuse and Domestic Violence※You can also consult your municipal office.
※Request or consultation about having an interpreter
Organization
Telephone

Whatever the reason, abuser is
to be blamed, not you.

Association of Nagano Prefecture forInternationalization (ANPI)

026-235-7186

Office Hours

Language

8:30am～5:15pm
Monday～FridayJapanese※An interpretercan bearranged asnecessary.

8:30am～5:00pm
Tuesday～Saturday
Available all day,all year roundJapaneseOffice Hours

Language

9:30am～5:30pm
Monday～FridayJapanese,Chinese, English,
Porguguese,
Tagalog, ThaiIf you are a victim of violence…
You need a lot of courage to share thatyou are a victim of violence. However, it
is very important to seek help for thesafety of youself and your children.
Please do not blame yourself or keep it
to yourself, but talk to us.
We will think with you what to do.

If someone is abused…
A victim of intimate partner violence isdeeply hurt emotionally. If someone isabused, please listen tothem andaccept their statement as it is, tellingthem that it is not their fault. Then give

●About Your Residency
StatusIf your spouse is not willing to cooperatewith you in application for residency
extention or status renewal, or if you hope
to continue to live in Japan to raise yourchild whose other parent is Japanese, yourrequest may be granted.
Please consult an immigration bureau inyour area.

◎Who to Contact
Organization

Telephone

Nagano Branch Office,Tokyo RegionalImmigration Bureau026-232-3317

Immigration Information
Center, Tokyo Regional
Immigration Bureau

0570-013904
03-5796-7112

英語

To foreign residents, and those whohave difficulty communicating inJapanese:

Please contact us
if you are a victim ofIntimate Partner
Violence!

them this broshure and encourage themto contact a consultation office. If thevictim is unable to seek help, you should
contact an office for them.

●Consultation about
Other Problems
You may have other problems about family
matters and daily living. Please consult us
about these problems as well, without
keeping them to yourself.
◎You can contact the same offices about
these problems as the problems of intimate
partner violence.

Issued by: Children and Family Division,
Nagano Prefecture
Address: 692-2 Habashita, Minami Nagano,
Nagano City 380-8570
TEL ：026-235-7099
FAX：026-235-7390
E-mail：kodomo-katei@pref.nagano.lg.jp
Published:
March 2016

Symbol of elimination ofviolence against women

Nagano Prefecture