When You Need Help

Kagawa Foreign Residents Support Center

We provide counseling in multiple languages for foreign residents of Kagawa, as well as for Japanese residents who are assisting foreign residents. If you need help, please feel free to contact us to consult.

Hours：

Tuesday through Sunday 9:00-16:00, but closed on days when I-PAL Kagawa is closed.

Place：

Kagawa Prefecture International Exchange Association Office, 2F

How to consult：

You can come in person or consult by phone (087-837-0411) or email soudan@i-pal.or.jp

Languages：

easy Japanese, Chinese, English, Portuguese, Vietnamese (Only available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays).

We also have a translator machine that handles 74 languages.
※You can speak with our staff via an interpreter on a three-way call, or even include an external advisor for a four-way call. Please call 087-837-0411 and say that you need an interpreter.

Languages of Interpretation：

English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog, Nepalese, Burmese, Khmer, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Mongolian, Sinhalese, Hindi, Bengali, Ukrainian.

A multilingual flyer is available in Japanese, English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Indonesian.

Kagawa Foreign Residents Support Center

💻Guidebook on Living and Working

The Immigration Services Agency website provides helpful and necessary information for foreign residents of Japan in many different languages.

Languages:

Japanese, easy Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Nepalese, Thai, Indonesian, Burmese, Tagalog, Khmer, Mongolian.

URL:

http://www.moj.go.jp/isa/guidebook_all.html

Human Rights and Legal Consultation

We offer free consultations with lawyers and Legal Affairs Bureau employees for foreign residents, as well as for Japanese residents who are assisting foreign residents. Interpreters can also be provided. Please contact us by phone or other means in advance to make an appointment (Tel: 087-837-5908). Please see our website for more details.

Hours：

Every 3rd Friday of the month 13:00-15:00 (approx. 30 minutes/consultation)

Place：

Small meeting room

Content：

All matters related to the law

A multilingual flyer is available in Japanese, English, and Chinese.

📞Multilingual Information Service/Houterasu

The Japan Legal Support Center provides information on the Japanese legal system, bar associations and other relevant organizations free of charge. You can speak with staff via an interpreter on a three-way call by calling 0570-078377. Please see their website for more details.

Languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Nepalese, Thai, Indonesian, easy Japanese.

Hours：

Weekdays 9:00-17:00

URL：

https://www.houterasu.or.jp/multilingual/

🏢For foreign residents who meet certain conditions, Houterasu can provide legal advice from lawyers and experts free of charge. Please contact the Houterasu Kagawa District Office for more details.

Consultations with Certified Legal Specialists

We offer foreign residents, as well as Japanese residents who are assisting foreign residents, free consultations with certified legal specialists in Japanese only. No reservations are necessary. Please see our website for more details.

Hours：

Every 1st Tuesday of the month 11:00-13:00 (approx. 30 minutes/consultation)

Place：

Exchange Floor

Consultation Content：

status of residence, international marriage, traffic accidents, etc.

A multilingual flyer is available in Japanese, English, and Chinese.

📞Yorisoi Hotline and Social Inclusion Support Center

The Yorisoi Hotline offers free telephone consultation services for foreigners anywhere in Japan. Call 0120-279-338 and, after listening to the Japanese explanation, press 2. Messenger voice calling can also be used. Send a friend request to the Yorisoi Hotline on Facebook. Please see their Facebook page for more details.

Yorisoi Hotline

Services are offered in Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese, Tagalog, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, Vietnamese, Nepalese, and Indonesian.

Interpreters

If you do not speak much Japanese and need an interpreter to visit a hospital or other facility with you, we can introduce you to interpreters. (Please note that interpreters are not necessarily professional interpreters.) The fee is \1,000 per hour plus transportation. Please let us know when and where you need interpreting and the content. For more details, please see our website.

Information and interpreter request forms are in Japanese, English, Chinese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.

International Student Housing Joint Guarantor Support System

In Japan, a joint guarantor is required for renting an apartment. If you are an international student studying at a school registered with the Japan Educational Exchanges and Services (Kagawa University, Takamatsu University, Takamatsu Junior College, National Institute of Technology Kagawa College), the Kagawa Prefecture International Exchange Association can serve as a joint guarantor when you sign a rent contract. Once you have found a place to live, apply for the Comprehensive Renters’ Insurance for Foreign Students Studying in Japan through your school coop. (This insurance program is designed to cover unexpected emergencies, such as fires, and to protect the joint guarantor.) Bring the receipt for the insurance, a letter of recommendation from your school, and three copies of the rent contract to I-PAL Kagawa. Please see our website or the website of your school for more details.