Free, confidential, with interpreting!
Date & Time: Sunday 18th October 2020, 10am-3pm
Place: One-Stop Consultation Center for Foreign Residents of Gunma
Address: 1-1-1 Ote-machi, Maebashi (1st Floor of Showa Chosha Building, Gunma Prefectural Office)
Interpreting: English, Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog
Information/Appointments: TEL 027-289-8275 (One Stop Consultation Center for Foreign Residents of Gunma)
The FRESC Help Desk now has a telephone hotline dedicated to helping foreigners who are having problems in their daily life because of COVID-19. Information on welfare services, visas, and remaining in Japan is available in 14 languages.
Hours of operation: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (closed on weekends and public holidays)
Languages: Japanese, English, Vietnamese, Chinese, etc. (14 languages in total)
Tel: 0120-76-2029 (free dial number)
More information: FRESC website
Medical Interpreters Gunma (MIG) dispatches medical interpreters in response to requests from medical institutions, public health centers and individual patients.
From September 2020 to September 2021, the service is FREE for foreign residents, thanks to the generosity of funding provided by The Mitsubishi Foundation and the Central Community Chest of Japan.
Interpretation fee: 4,000 yen for two hours (as a general rule)
(The patient pays 2,000 yen, and the remaining 2,000 yen is covered by the medical institution or MIG) ※Totally free until September, 2021.
Contact: Make a request by phone or FAX one week in advance unless it is an emergency, in which case contact us anytime.
Tel: 027-289-2440 (Office hours: Monday-Friday 9:30-16:30)
Email: mig-office@iryotsu@gunma.org
More information: MIG website
https://www.iryotsu-gunma.org/foreign-language/
(In Takasaki, as of 27th May 2020)
*Residents of other cities should call their own city
or the national hotline number
| Support Type | Eligibility | Program Name | Description | Contact (in Takasaki) |
| Benefits | All people registered as residents of Takasaki on 27th April 2020 | Special cash payment 特別定額給付金 |
JPY100,000 per recipient Applications were sent out in June 2020 |
Takasaki Special Cash Payment Office 027-321-1249 or National Hotline 0120-260-020 |
| Households with children 0 to 15 years (junior high school) | Special benefit to households raising children 子育て世帯への臨時特別給付金 |
JPY10,000 per child – No application necessary, was paid in June to eligible accounts of families receiving the child allowance (jido teate) in April 2020 | Children & Families Division 027-321-1247 or National Hotline 0120-271-381 |
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| People who cannot pay rent and are at risk of losing housing | Housing security benefit 住居確保給付金 |
Pay a portion of your rent for you, directly to your landlord for 3 months (up to 9 months in eligible cases) | Social Welfare Division 027-321-1302 or National Hotline 0120-23-5572 |
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| Foreign students | Emergency student support handout for continuing studies 学生支援緊急給付金 |
JPY100,000 to 200,000 | Student Administration Office of your school |
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| Loan | People who can bearly make their ends meet | Temporary loan emergency funds 緊急小口資金 総合支援資金 |
Single-person households: JPY650,000 maximum Households of two or more people: JPY800,000 maximum |
Takasaki City Council of Social Welfare (Shakai Fukushi Kyogikai) 027-370-8855 or National Hotline 0120-46-1999 |
| Extension/ Reduction or Exemption |
People who cannot pay insurance premiums, national/prefectural/ municipal taxes, or utility bills |
Reduction or extension of payment deadline for your taxes | Reduction or extension of the national health insurance premiums (kokumin kenko hoken), long-term care insurance premiums (kaigo hoken), national pension premiums (kokumin nenkin) | Insurance & Pension Division 027-321-1238 |
| Extension of payment deadline for your taxes | Extension of your national/prefectural/municipal taxes due | National Tax:0120-948-249 City Tax: 027-321-1226 |
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| Extension of payment deadline for utility bills | Extension of your electricity, gas, telephone, NHK, and other utility bills due | Your power/water/gas utility company | ||
| Residential Status (visa) |
Period of stay is about to be expired; have a residential status pending | Extension of your period of stay |
Residential status application period is extended | Takasaki Branch Office, Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau 027-328-1154 |
| Period of receiving application screening results is extended | ||||
| Cannot return to home country | Change of your residential status |
Residential status can be changed |
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Period: April 2018-March 2019
Benefits:
Priority sign up and discount for some events,
bi-monthly newsletter delivered to your door,
join 300 other like-minded members to support
international relations in Takasaki!
Contact the TIRS office for more information on how to join, and see the pamphlet below!
The Three Cherished Stelae of Ancient Kozuke
The series of ancient stone monuments known as The Stelae of Kozuke and consisting of the Yamanoue Stela (681 A.D.), Tago Stela (711), and Kanaizawa Stela (726) have been included in the Memory of the World Register. The three stelae are located in Takasaki but have been relatively unknown until now. The Yamanoue Stela in Yamana-machi is the oldest of 18 Japanese stone monuments still standing from ancient times, and is the oldest example of Chinese characters used to write in Japanese grammatical form. The Tago Stela in Ike, Yoshii-machi, was erected to announce the establishment of a new county under direction of the central government, and it is admired for its square calligraphy style that influenced calligraphers Asia-wide. The Kanaizawa Stela also in Yamana-machi, tells of the social status of women of the time and the spread of Buddhism throughout Japan. The historical, cultural, social and political importance of the stelae has been recognized through their inscription as UNESCO Memory of the World.
Visit: Use the free city bus from Yoshii Station for making the trip between the stelae. 8 buses depart daily, in 45-minute intervals.
The bus also stops at Yamana Station.
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