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Guide for International Students

1. Settling Down in Japan

Alien Registration
  • Initial Alien Registration
  • Alternations in Registered Items
  • The Card Lost
National Health Insurance
  • What is Covered by National Health Insurance?
  • How to Join National Health Insurance
  • Changing of Address
How to open an account at bank
  • Necessary documents for opening an account
  • Seal documents
  • Automatic Transfer

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2. Begin life in Japan

Finding a Room
  • Variation of Accommodations
  • Before Finding A Room
  • the RENT
  • Where to Find Rooms
  • Basic Knowledge & Housing Terminology
  • Signing a Contract
  • Joint Surety

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3. Avoiding Troubles

Disposing Garbage
  • Separation of Trash (e.g. in Tokyo)
  • Garbage Collecting Days are Different from One Area to Another
Sharing Facilities
  • Keep the Rules
  • Considerate of Others
  • Using Toilet
  • Use Water, Electricity, Bath, etc., Economically
Noise Caution
  • Making Noise Late at Night
  • When Friends Gather
  • If Someone Complains Your Noise
Using Kitchen
  • Kitchen Grease
  • Ventilation
  • Keep the Oil Stain Away!
  • Cover Cooking Area with Aluminum Foil
  • It is possible that cleaning expense will be paid from deposit
Post
  • Precise Address Writing
  • Name Your Postbox
  • How to Use Japanese Envelopes
  • Post Office Information in English
Moving
  • Stop Electricity, Gas, Water
  • Transferring Telephone
  • Leaving Clean
  • Changing of Address Notice
Bicycle
  • Unattended Bicycle
  • Registration
  • Park at a Designated Area
Driving license and Insurance
Buy It Cheap
  • Town Pages Telephone Directory
  • Flea Markets

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4. Scholarship

Catch Information and Apply for It
  • Honors Scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students
  • Tuition Reduction and Assistance

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5. part-time Job

Visa
  • Shikakugai-katsudokyoka
  • Fukushinsho from Your School
  • Working Hours
  • Fields of Work
Working Condition
  • Record the Working Conditions
  • Record the Hours You Worked and the Payments
  • Late or Absent without Notice
Finding a Work
  • Job Placement Office in University
  • Advertisements in Magazines and Newspapers
  • Public Employment Security Office "Hello Work Center"
Troubles at Work
  • Accidents at Work
  • Consulting Offices for Settling Troubles
Tax
  • Two Kinds of Tax for a Part-timers
  • National Tax is Based on Annual Income
  • Go To Revenue Office for Filling in Income Tax Form

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6. Visa

Immigration
  • Immigration Law
  • Categories of Status of Residence
  • Immigration Office Addresses
Change, Renewing Status
  • Pre-college Student
  • Application Proceedings Via Schools
  • Advisory Organization
  • Expiration Date
  • Alteration from "short term" to "college student"
Reentry Permit
  • Leaving Japan Temporarily
  • Reentry Period
  • Where and When to Apply
  • No Need to Return Alien Registration Card

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7. Interchange Activity

Japanese Friends
  • Is it Hard to Make Japanese Friends?
  • Do not Give It Up
Explore Japanese Life
  • Cultural Exchange Programs
  • Short-term Home Stay
  • Recognizing Your Home Country
Foreign Students' Network
  • Avoid "Isolation"
  • Friends from Your Country
  • Foreign Students Associations
Foreign Students' Magazines
  • Magazines for Foreigners
  • Magazines for Foreign Students

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8. Advisory Desk

for Ordinary Citizens
  • Local Council Offices
  • Bar Association
  • Telephone Counseling
for Foreign Students
  • AIEJ, Association of International Education, Japan
  • Tokyo YWCA "Foreign Students' Advisory Center
Voluntary Group Counseling and Assistance
  • Traffic Accidents
  • Local Council Offices
  • KOUTSUJIKO-SYORI CENTER
  • Japan Federation of Bar Associations Traffic Accident Consultation Center

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9. Job Hunting

Job Hunting
  • Advantage of Foreign Students
  • Points of choosing company
  • Consulting at Current Institutions and Faculty
  • Government Employment Service Center for Foreigners
Working Visa
  • Job searching could be continued after graduating from university
  • The Conditions of Changing the Status of Residence
  • Procedures for Changing the Status of Residence

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10. Graduation

Keep in Touch with Friends
  • Clearing the Room
  • Notice of Moving Out
  • Stay After Graduation
  • Return Alien Registration Card

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