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CLAIR Multi-lingual Guides for Living in Japan
A guide to living in Japan, produced by CLAIR and avalible in an incredible 14 languages!
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Japan Postal Service
The English website of the Japan Postal Service, for all your posting needs!
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Doctor/Hospital Search Engine
Gifu Prefecture Medical Institution Guidance System - This is an English database of all medical institutions in Gifu Prefecture.
You can search by foreign languages available, hospital name, location, symptoms/treatment, consultation hours, and telephone number.
Even if a medical institution only offers consultation services in Japanese, you can still do a search for medical institutions in English and find someone to go to the hospital with you and interpret.
The data is updated annually and is current as of March 2009.
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International Mental Health Professionals of Japan
IMHPJ is a multidisciplinary professional association of therapists who provide mental health services to the international communities in Japan. The IMHPJ was set up by Jim McRae who is involved in the training of Prefectural Advisors and CLAIR Programme Coordinators.
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Immigration Bureau of Japan
The offical site of the Immigration Bureau of Japan, in English.
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Tokyo English Life Line
The Tokyo English Life Line is a free, confidential telephone counseling service, which provides emotional support and practical advice for the international community in Japan.
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Hyperdia (Train Route Finder)
An very useful train route finder, both English and Japanese sites available.
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Go Lloyds Transfer
The mostly widely used service amoungst JETs for sending money back home to pay off those pesky loans. Normally transfer comes to around $40/8000yen.
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Income Tax Guide
An Income Tax guide for foreigners living in Japan, provided by the National Tax Agency.
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Social Insurance Agency
The website of the Social Insurance Agency, with information in a variety of languages. For returning JETs, make sure to check out the lump sum withdrawal link at the bottom of the first page.
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Multilingual Medical Questionnaire
This handy site was set up by the Kanagawa International Foundation. It has medical questionnaires in a variety of different languages, which are meant to be used to help explain your problems/symptons to the doctor. The questionnaires are broken down by area of of medicene once you click on the langauge that you need on the first page.
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Japan National Tourist Organisation
A great site for finding places to visit all over Japan.
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Japan Automobile Federation
The offical website of the Japan Automobile Federation, for all your driving in Japan related questions.
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The Japanese Drivers License
From resident Gifu Guru Jeffrey; The How, Where, and Why of getting it here in Gifu...
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HIV/AIDS and STD Information
From our resident Gifu Guru Jeffrey: Get informed, Get tested, Get it on, in Gifu.
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The Thakur Guide to Gujo-Hachiman
Hosted by Jeffrey: An appropriately quaint English guide to the wonderfully quaint town of Gujo-Hachiman, considered one of the jewels of Gifu-ken.
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Kikuko's Nagoya/Gifu Area Events Calendar
A great site for information on local events and festivals in English.
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Lawyers in Nagoya
A list of English speaking lawyers in Nagoya, provided by the British Embassy.
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Gifu Foreign Resident Guidebook
A guidebook in both Japanese and English produced by Gifu City. Packed with information on living in Gifu and Japan in general.
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Information of Foreign Residents of Gifu
A few different articles which are produced by Gifu City, with information on living in Gifu and Japan. Just ignore the slightly odd sounding title of the page "Information for Foreigner", the information is really useful!
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