Okazaki City Life Guide Book 2022 <English>

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When you know what type of consultation you require and it is clear which division is applicable,please directly consult with that division.
If it is unclear where to make a consultation, please call the City’s main telephone number(23-6000).

Consultations for Citizens
Consultation Name

Day & Time

Consultation on daily
life issues

Monday-Friday,
8:30am-5:15 pmMonday,
Wednesday, andThursday,
1:00pm-4:00pm
1st and 4th Tuesdayof every month,
1:00pm-4:00pm

Legal consultation(Lawyer)
Legal consultation(Judicial scrivener)
Administrative
procedures
consultation(Administrativescrivener)

2nd Friday of everymonth,
1:00pm-4:00pm

Tax consultation(Tax accountant)

1st & 3rd Thursday
of every month,
1:00pm-4:00pm

Consultation onregistration (survey)(Judicial scrivener/landand house inspector)
Real estate
consultation (Realestate transaction
specialist, etc.)

2nd Thursday ofevery month,
1:00pm-4:00pm
1st Friday of everymonth,
1:00pm-4:00pm

3rd Friday of every
Consultation onmonth,
construction (Architect)
1:00pm-4:00pm
Consultation on
pension and4th Friday of every
employment (Licensed month,social insurance
1:00pm-4:00pm
consultant)
Consultation on human 1st & 3rd Tuesday ofrights (Civil rights
every month,commissioner)
1:00pm-4:00pm
Consultation on
2nd & 4th Tuesday
administrationof every month,(Administrative
1:00pm-4:00pm
counselor)[11] Consultation / Inquiry <4>-1

Office/Telephone

Subject
Consultation regarding inheritance,
divorce, and other problems
Regarding civil legal issues(By appointment only)
Regarding civil legal issues (limited toclaims of under 1.4 million yen. Byappointment only)
Procedures for preparing permits such as
status of residence, conversion ofagricultural land, construction permits,
establishment of a corporation, etc. forsubmission to government offices.
(By appointment only.)

Crime Prevention& Traffic Safety
Division(2nd floor, CityHall Eastbuilding)23-6492

Regarding inheritance tax, gift tax, etc.
(By appointment only)
Regarding registration formalities,
location of property lines, land survey, etc.
(By appointment only)
Regarding real estate deals, including
acquisition, disposal, and lease. (Byappointment only)
Regarding the Building Standards Act,
construction design, seismic performanceassessment, etc. (By appointment only)
Regarding formalities and premium
estimation related to public pensions,workers' compensation insurance, andemployment insurance (By appointmentonly)
Regarding bullying, discrimination, orother matters related to human rights
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Consultation

Day & Time

Foreign Residents
Consultation(Portuguese)
Foreign Resident
Consultation (English)
Foreign Resident
Consultation (Chinese)
Foreign Residents
Consultation (Filipino)

Consumer consultation

Office/ Telephone

Monday-Friday,
8:30am-5:15pm

Diversity
Promotion
Division (2ndfloor, City Hall Regarding daily life issues
East building)23-6480
FAX 23-6626

Monday-Friday,
8:30am-5:15pm
Monday-Friday,
8:30am-4:15pm
Monday-Friday,
8:30am-4:15pm

Monday-Friday,
9:00am-4:00pm

Subject

Consumer AffairsCenter (3rd floor,City Hall East
Complaints concerning general consumerbuilding)affairs such as with goods, services, etc.
23-6459
FAX 23-6570

Consultation on Children’s and Youth Issues
Consultation

Office/ Telephone
Subject
Nishimikawa Consultation
Regarding issues on child care, childCenter for Children and the
Monday-Friday:
Child Consultation
Disabled (Myōdaiji honmachi) abuse, juvenile delinquency,
8:45am-5:30pm
developmental disorders, etc.
27-2779
Family & Child Division (3rdFamily & Childfloor, City Hall Fukushi Kaikan) Regarding child care, abuse, etc.
Consultation
23-6745
Monday-Friday:
Concerns/worries relating to the
8:30am-5:15pm
Family & Child Division (3rdChildcarefloor, City Hall Fukushi Kaikan) health of pregnant women andconsultation
babies
23-7683 FAX 23-6833
Home visitation, if necessarySuku-Suku
Monday-Saturday: Child Care Support Center,Child-related issues, such as
Telephone
8:30am-5:15pm
26-0706 FAX 26-6711 parenting, daycare or kindergarten.
Educational Consultation
Soyokaze
Monday-Friday:
Special needs education, school
Consultation
9:30am-4:30pm, Center (2-chōme,enrollment, developmental disorders,Tatsumi-kita),
Center (In-person Saturday:bullying, and long-term school
consultation)
9:30am-noon
71-3201 FAX 72-3448 absentia. (By appointment only)
Phone consultation
Monday-Saturday: Child Development
Developmental
Primarily related to preschool childConsultation Center
8:30am-5:15pm
consultation
development.
In-person consultation (Kakemachi)(Phone/In-person)(In-person by appointment only)
Monday-Saturday:
23-7067 FAX 23-7538
9:00am-4:00pm
Consultation

Day & TimeDay & Time

Juvenile
consultation

Monday-Friday:
8:30am-5:15pm

Youthconsultation

Monday-Friday:
8:30am-5:15pm

Reporting child
At any timeabuse[11] Consultation / Inquiry <4>-2

Office/ Telephone

Subject
Regarding problems faced by youths
Okazaki Youth Protection Centerin school and home life such as(3-chōme, Kamimutsuna)relationships, delinquency, dropout,
51-3283 FAX 51-3302
isolation, etc.
Concerns about young persons
Youth Support Center(generally between 15 and 39) with64-6665
difficulties in social life such as being
FAX23-7820 a recluse or not attending school.
Child Consultation Center (Nationwide)
189 (3-digit number)
Nishimikawa Consultation Center for Children and the Disabled 27-2779

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Monday-Friday:
8:30am-5:15pm

Family & Child Division

23-6745Single-Parent Family Consultation
Consultation nameDay & Time

Single-Parent Family
Consultation

Monday-Friday,
9:30am-5:15pm

Office/ Telephone
Subject
Child Rearing Support
Regarding everyday life andOffice (1st floor, City Hallfinancial issues of single-parent
East Building)families and widows
23-6769 FAX 23-7279

Consultations for Women/MenOffice/ Telephone
Subject
Family & Child Division,
Regarding worries and23-6778 anxieties related toConsultation forwomen’s issues.
Women(Priority given for(In-person or byreservations fortelephone)
in-personconsultations)
Family & Child Division23-3241 Consultation about
2nd & 4th Tuesday &worries and anxieties
Legal consultation (By Saturday of the month,related to women.
appointment only)
2:00pm-4:00pm(Consultation with an<Four times a month>
attorney.)
Prefectural Women’s
Consultation on
Regarding family
Consultation Center
women’s issues
Monday-Friday,
conflicts, violence by
Nishimikawa Representative(In-person or by
9:00am-5:00pm
husbands, etc.
telephone)(Myōdaiji honmachi)
27-2719
Wednesdays,
Regarding worries andFamily & Child Division
Consultation for Men
5:00pm-8pm
anxieties related to(telephone)080-2639-2111(Closed holidays)
men’s issues.
Consultation aboutrd
3 Wednesday of theDiversity Promotion Division
LGBT phoneworries and anxieties
month,
consultation
23-7681 related to gender
5:00pm-8:00pm
identity, etc.
Consultation nameDay & Time
Monday-Friday
8:30am-5:15pm
Every day except
Wednesday,
10:30am-4:30pm.
(Open if Wednesday isa national holiday.)Domestic Violence Consultation
Consultation name
DV Consultation(In-person or bytelephone)

Day & Time
Monday-Friday,
8:30am-5:00pm
Every day except Wednesday,
10:30am-4:30pm.
(Open if Wednesday is anational holiday.)

Office/Telephone
Subject
Family & Child
Regarding harm caused
Division
23-6778 by domestic violence(violent abuse from aspouse or partner)
Family & Child
Division
23-3241 (Reservation required forin-person consultation)

Consultation on Employment Issues
Consultation Name
Employmentconsultation

Day & Time
General consultation
8:45am-11:30am,1:00pm-4:30pm(Computer job
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Office/Telephone
Subject
Employment Support
Center (1st floor, SouthRegarding employment issues
Block of City Hall, Westand job placement ofBuilding)applicants23-6927 FAX 23-7186

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Monday-Friday,
8:30am-12:00pm
1:00pm-5:00pm)
Vocational
consultation/
introduction

Monday-Friday
8:30am-5:15pm

Hello Work Okazaki(Hane-chō)
52-8609 FAX 71-5851

Consultation on
stay-home jobs

Every Tuesday:
10:00am-12:00pm,
1:00pm-3:00pm

Prefectural Nishimikawa
Consultation office(Myōdaiji-honmachi)
27-0800

Regarding employment issues
and job placement for
stay-home jobs handled by theAichi Prefecture Labor
Association

Consultation for the Disabled
Consultation Name
Consultation on medical
expense subsidies

Day & Time
Monday-Friday,8:30am-5:15pm

Office/Telephone
Medical Subsidies Office (1st floor, City Hall EastBuilding)23-6148 FAX 27-1160

Welfare/Public AssistanceSubjectConsultation support by regional social worker/children’ssocial worker
Public assistance
Persons in need

Office/Telephone
Community Welfare Division,
23-6864 FAX 23-6515
Community Welfare Division,
23-6158 FAX 23-6515
Welfare Counseling Division
23-6292 FAX 23-7987

Consultation on Medical Care
Consultation Name
Medical safety consultation
Okazaki City Hospital
Medical Welfare
Consultation

Office/Telephone
Subject
Medical Care Safety SupportCenterRegarding medical institutions in Okazaki
23-5089 FAX 23-5041
City Hospital Regional
Medical Cooperation Office
Medical welfare systems of the City Hospital
66-7225 FAX 66-7499

Commerce and Industry Consultation
Consultation Name
Financial consultation (Loan facilitation formedium-sized and smaller companies)
Consultation for medium and small-sizedcompanies, consultation about establishing abusiness[11] Consultation / Inquiry <4>-4

Office/Telephone
Commerce, Industry & Labour Affairs Division,
23-6214 FAX 23-6213
Okazaki Business Support Center
26-2231 FAX 26-2232(Monday-Friday, 10:00am-4:30pm)