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Alert Level 1 In Gunma (Starting March 4th, 2023)

Request to Gunma Residents,

 

Alert Level 1

Period: Effective Saturday, March 4, 2023

Location: Throughout Gunma

Continue taking precautions against COVID-19 such as wearing a mask as needed.

Instances when wearing a mask is needed:

・When you visit hospitals

・When you get on a crowded train or bus

・ When elderly people, pregnant women, or those with underlying medical conditions go to crowded places

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＜Coronavirus Hotline for Gunma Foreign Residents＞

Call the number below if you think you might have COVID-19.

Phone: 027-212-0010     24/7

 

<One-Stop Consultation Center for Foreign Residents of Gunma>

Please feel free to contact us if you have any problems with life in Gunma.

Phone:  027-289-8275   Hours:  9:00-17:00  Monday thru Friday

(Closed on weekends, holidays, and
year-end/New Year period)

Language: English, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Chinese, Spanish,

and simple Japanese

 

Immigration Agency Email Distribution Service

The Immigration Services Agency is now accepting registration for its email distribution service.

They send useful information by email to foreign residents in Japan, related to residency laws and other relevant issues.

See the English pamphlet here for details on how to register.

 

FRESC Help Desk Multilingual Consultations

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 

 

MIG Medical Interpreters Gunma

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/

Coronavirus-related support programs

 

(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
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
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
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
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

Become a Member of the Takasaki International Relations Society

Membership Dues: 2000 yen per year

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!

Member Information

UNESCO Memory of the World

 

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.