1 Confirmation of status of residence 2 Period, extension, change, permanent residence, permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted by the status of residence granted, re-entry, and acquisition 2-1 Period of stay 2-2 Extension of period of stay 2-3 Illegal stay 2-4 Change of status of residence 2-5 Permission for permanent residence 2-6 Permission to engage in an activity other than that permitted by the status of residence granted 2-7 Re-entry permits 2-8 Acquisition of status of residence 3 Acquisition of work qualification certificate 4 Inquiries concerning status of residence

1 Initial alien registration 1-1 Upon arrival in Japan 1-2 When a child is born 1-3 Registered items for alien registration 1-4 Alien registration card 2 Certificate of registered items in the Foreign Resident Registry 3 Change in registration 3-1 When place of residence (address) is changed 3-2 When name or nationality changed 3-3 When residence status, occupation, or name and place of employment is changed 3-4 When other registered items are changed 4 Procedure of confirmation (renewal) 5 If your alien registration card is lost, stolen or damaged 5-1 Application for reissue (replacement) of alien registration card 5-2 Application for replacement of alien registration card 6 Returning alien registration cards 6-1 Upon leaving Japan 6-2 Upon the acquisition of Japanese nationality 6-3 Upon death

1 Marriage 1-1 Marriage in Japan 1-2 Marriage notification 2 Divorce 2-1 Divorce notification 2-2 Divorce and children 3 Various notifications on marriage/divorce

1 Municipal administrative offices 2 Family registration 3 Naturalization 4 Death notification 5 Personal seals 5-1 What is a personal seal? 5-2 Personal seal registrations

1 Job seeking 1-1 Seeking a job 1-2 Employment consultation and employment introduction 1-3 Upon becoming employed 1-4 Part-time employees 2 Employment contracts and working conditions 2-1 Employment contracts 2-2 Working conditions 2-3 Problems 3 Labor insurance 3-1 Workmen’s Accident Compensation Insurance 3-2 Employment insurance 4 Medical and pensions 4-1 Medical 4-2 Pensions 5 Dismissal and resignation 5-1 Dismissal 5-2 Resignation 6 Training for foreigners 6-1 Responsibilities for trustee organizations 6-2 Treatment for trainees 6-3 Appropriate payment of training allowances 6-4 Other treatment issues for trainees

1 Medical institutions 1-1 Basic knowledge about medical institutions 1-2 How to obtain an examination 1-3 Process of examination 1-4 Process of hospital stay 1-5 Points to be aware of 2 Emergencies 2-1 When you need an ambulance due to acute sickness or serious injury 2-2 During holidays/nighttime 3 Pharmacies 3-1 Difference between pharmacies and drugstores 3-2 Purchasing medicines 3-3 Usage of medicines 4 Public medical insurance 4-1 Medical fee and public medical insurance 4-2 Health insurance 4-3 National health insurance 4-4 Medical fee reimbursements for international students

1 National pension plan 1-1 Entry to national pension plan 1-2 Types of benefits 2 Employee’s pension 2-1 Entry to employee’s pension 2-2 Types of benefits

1 Pregnancy 1-1 Discovery of pregnancy 1-2 Maternal and Child Health Handbook (Mother and child health handbook) 1-3 Maternity health check-ups/Health advice etc. 2 Birth notification (birth registration) and acquisition of nationality 2-1 Birth notification (birth registration) 2-2 Acquisition of nationality for newborn infants 2-3 About recognition 2-4 Choice of nationality 3 Cost of childbirth and benefits 3-1 Health insurance and expenses of delivery 3-2 Lump-sum payment of childbirth and childcare 3-3 Maternity allowance (in the case of maternity leave) 3-4 Child allowance 3-5 Subsidy programs particular to municipalities 4 Medical 4-1 Health check-ups for infants and toddlers 4-2 Immunizations (vaccinations) 4-3 Special exceptions for medical costs for infants and children 5 Childcare 5-1 Accredited nursery schools 5-2 Children’s clubs (gakudo clubs) 5-3 Others

1 Child welfare 1-1 Child allowance 1-2 Child support allowance 1-3 Special child support allowance 1-4 Allowance for children with disabilities 1-5 Medical subsidy systems for severely mentally and physically disabled persons 1-6 Other assistance for bringing up children 2 Long-term care insurance system 2-1 Participants and insurance contributions 2-2 How to receive long-term care services 3 Welfare for persons with disabilities 3-1 About various identification booklets 3-2 Administrative services for persons with disabilities 3-3 Welfare institutions 4 Livelihood protection 4-1 What is livelihood protection? 4-2 Types of benefits

1 Education system 1-1 Japanese education system 1-2 Japanese schools 2 Pre-school education 2-1 Kindergarten 2-2 Accredited daycare-kindergartens 3 Elementary school and junior high school 3-1 School age 3-2 School expenses 3-3 Entrnce procedures 3-4 Procedures for transfer (after entrance) 3-5 School life (In case of children who do not yet speak Japanese fluently) 3-6 School life (events) 3-7 PTAs 3-8 Children’s clubs (gakudo clubs) 3-9 After graduation from junior high school 4 High school 4-1 To enter 4-2 Eligibility 4-3 Examinations recognized as equivalent to junior high school graduation (chugakko sotsugyo teido nintei shaken) 4-4 Types of high school 5 Other schools 6 University/junior college 6-1 University/junior college 6-2 Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU) 7 International schools 8 Assistance

1 Japanese language education 1-1 Japanese language schools 1-2 Japanese language courses/classes 1-3 List of Japanese language education/classes

1 Tax 2 National tax 2-1 Income tax 2-2 Consumption tax 3 Local tax 3-1 Local inhabitants tax 4 Motor vehicle tax and light motor vehicle tax 4-1 Motor vehicle tax 4-2 Light motor vehicle tax 4-3 Other taxes 4-4 Registration procedures 5 Tax payment certificate and proof of earnings 5-1 Procedures for avoiding double taxation

1 Housing 1-1 About Japanese housing 2 Owned housing 2-1 How to purchase/procedures 2-2 Requirements for building houses 3 Public subsidized housing 3-1 Types of housing 3-2 Eligibility 3-3 Offering for rent 3-4 Application procedures 4 Private rental housing 4-1 How to find/rent a house (a room) 4-2 Upon renting 4-3 At a real-estate agent 4-4 Checklist for desirable property 4-5 Items to confirm on the contract 4-6 Contract renewal/termination 5 Moving in 5-1 Moving in for the first time 5-2 General rules for daily life 6 Moving out 6-1 Preparation for moving 6-2 Moving 7 Terminology for housing

1 Driver’s license 1-1 In order to drive automobiles in Japan 1-2 International Driving Permit and foreign driver’s licenses 1-3 Switching to Japanese license 1-4 How to obtain Japanese driver’s license 1-5 Valid period of driver’s license/change in address 1-6 Suspension/cancellation of driver’s license, and fines 2 Ownership/use of automobiles 2-1 Registration of automobiles 2-2 Proof of parking space certificate 2-3 Inspection of automobiles (“shaken”) 2-4 JAF (Japan Automobile Federation) 3 Ownership/use of motorbikes or bicycles 3-1 Registration of motorbikes 3-2 Theft-prevention registration of bicycles 3-3 Parking 4 Traffic regulations 4-1 Japanese traffic regulations 5 Traffic accidents 5-1 Traffic accident and automobile insurance 5-2 Consultation on traffic accidents and mutual aid traffic accident insurance plans 5-3 Compensation for damages and calculation methods

1 Personal seals 1-1 Making a registered seal and a general seal 2 Rules/behavior for daily life/Customs 2-1 National holidays in Japan 2-2 Rules/behavior for daily life: Garbage 2-3 Rules/behavior for daily life: How to keep pets 2-4 Rules/behavior for daily life: Noise from everyday living 2-5 Lifestyle habits: Baths 2-6 Lifestyle habits: Toilets 2-7 Lifestyle habits: Indoors 2-8 Town associations/neighborhood associations 2-9 Ceremonial occasions 3 Basic services in daily life 3-1 Electricity 3-2 Gas 3-3 Water services 3-4 Postal services 3-5 Railways (trains) 3-6 Buses (route buses)

1 In an emergency 1-1 Emergency telephone numbers for emergency care/fire/traffic accidents/crimes 1-2 Preparation for emergencies 1-3 Emergency care 1-4 Fire 1-5 Traffic accidents 1-6 Crime 1-7 Other emergencies (lost property etc.) 2 In case of natural disasters 2-1 Earthquakes 2-2 Typhoons 2-3 Heavy snow/extremely heavy snow 2-4 Landslides 2-5 Preparing for disasters before they occur 2-6 Access to disaster information 2-7 Evacuation

1 Specialized consultation desks on laws or systems (municipal administrative offices) 2 Multilingual consultation desks List 1: List of multilingual consultation desks 3 General consultation desks (international exchange associations) List 2: List of international exchange associations 4 Other consultation desks List 3: Other consultation desks