Yokohama Current Events & Activities

Subsidies between \48,000 and \194,200 (depending on residential tax for 2008) will be provided to families with children who have enrolled in a private kindergarten between April 1 to June 1. The form will be distributed in June at each school and may be submitted there.
Inquiries: Ask for more information at your Kindergarten or Seishonen Yoji kyoiku-ka (Infant Education Division)
(045) 671-2085 (*J)

Mainly during the summer vacation, volunteers, mostly university students, can be sent to single-parent homes, in which a child is spending time on his/her own. The volunteers are Japanese, so the accepting children need to have basic communication skills in Japanese.
Two meetings to explain this project (in Japanese) will be held prior to the actual dispatching. Please attend this meeting if you are interested either to work as a volunteer or to have the volunteer come to your home.
Meeting Date&Time:
June 20 (Fri) 18:30-20:00
June 22 (Sun) 14:00-15:30
Location: Day Care Sakuranbo(10 min. walk from Yoshino-cho Stn of Subway)
Eligibility: ○1Children: Elementary/Junior High School children in single-parent/guardian homes ○2Home-Friend volunteers: Must be over 18 years old and interested in children’s welfare.
Fee: free
To Apply: Send e-mail, fax, or telephone (E,N,T) First come, first served. Applications must be made in Japanese.
Email address: kitai@yui-yui.net
Tel: (045) 730-4780(*J)
Fax: (045) 713-9559(*J)
Inquiries:
Tel: (045) 730-4780(*J)
Fax: (045) 713-9559(*J)

The first term payment for Residential Tax (Shimin Zei) and Prefectural Residents Tax (Kenmin Zei) is due June 30 (Mon). A Resident Tax Bill (Noh-Zei Tsuchisho) is mailed to the taxpayer every year in early June to be paid in June, August, October and the following January, at financial institutions or post offices. Payment is also accepted at convenience stores.
Inquiries: (045) 671-2229 (J*)

An update on Child allowance (Genjo Todoke) is being sent to families who receive child allowance. Fill out the form and submit it to renew your registration. Application: By the end of June
Inquiries:(045) 671-2393 (J*)

This is an anonymous test.
Inquiries: Health and Social Welfare Bureau (Kenko Fukushi Kyoku) (045) 671-2729 (J*)
①Weekdays(Daytime)
Location: Health and Welfare Center in every ward.
Application: Please make a reservation by telephone in advance. (J*) ※ No Reservation needed in Minami and Midori.
②The second and the fourth Sunday of the month
Time: 14:00-17:00
Limit: 30 people each time
Location: Kanagawa-ken Yobo Igaku Kyokai Chuo Shinryo-jo
(5min walk from Kannai, either on JR or the Municipal Subway)
③Saturdays
Time: 14:00-18:00
Location: Kekkaku Yobo-kai Chuo Kenko Sodanjyo（7min wak from Bando-bashi Stn of the Municipal Subway）
②③Application: Please make a reservation by telephone in advance: Yokohama-shi Call Center (045) 664-2525 (J*)
④Nighttime
Date&Time:
Tues,18:00-19:30
Location:Yokohama Aids Shimin Katsudo Center(1min walk from JR　Kannnai stn)
Application: Please go directly to the site
*①③④Closed on holidays & Dec 29 to Jan 3

DayTimeName of Health and Welfare Center　Reser-
vation Number

Mon
9:00-9:30 Izumi 800-2412
10:00-10:30 Isogo 750-2445
10:30-11:00 Aoba 978-2438
Tue
9:00-9:15 Hodogaya 334-6347
9:00-9:30 Kanazawa 788-7840
9:00-9:30 Kohoku 540-2362
9:00-9:30 Tsuzuki 948-2350
9:30-10:00 Sakae 894-6964
10:30-11:00 Seya 367-5744
Wed
9:00-9:30 Asahi 954-6146
9:30-10:00 Kanagawa 411-7139
10:00-10:30 Totsuka 866-8426
15:00-15:30 Tsurumi 510-1832
16:00-16:30 Minami 743-8242※
Tur
9:00-9:30 Naka 224-8333
9:00-9:30 Midori 930-2357※
Fri
9:00-9:30 Nishi 320-8439
13:00-14:30 Konan 847-8438

This is a financial support system for students whose last
year’s income is less than the amount set by the city.
Payment of premium for National Pension can be exempted if
you make an application. Even if you have been getting
this exemption from last year, if you would like to
continue, you need to go through the application procedure
again this year.

Application: If you received an application post card,
fill in the card, put your signature on the application,
and mail it to Shakai Hoken Jimukyoku Jimu Senta.
If you received a flyer and the application form, fill in
the form, attach a copy of your student ID card, put on
your signature, and mail it to your local Social Insurance
Office (Shakai Hoken Jimusho). If you are applying for the
first time, fill in the application form, and bring it
along with your student ID card (photocopy is accepted) and
your pension book (Nenkin Techo), directly to your loca
l ward office’s National Pension Plan Section (Kokumin Nenkin Kakari).
If you sign your application, your
personal seal (inkan) is not necessary.

Inquiries: (045) 671-2418 (*J)
http://www.sia.go.jp/e/np.html#con

Date&Time:3rd Sat of the month (Except Aug and Dec)
12:00-16:00

Fee: Free

Location: Kohoku International Lounge
(8 min walk from Kikuna Stn of Toyoko Line)

To apply: please go directly to the location

Inquiries: Tel. (045) 430-5670 FAX. (045) 430-5671
E-mail:aej02767@nifty.com
http://homepage2.nifty.com/kohokulounge/e/index.html

YOKE Information Corner provides pertinent and up-to-date
information on life in Yokohama, and has multi-lingual
services available to answer any questions foreign
residents may have. The center will also offer advice and
information pertaining to international exchange, volunteer
activities, and support groups aimed at assisting non-
native residents.
The availability of these services has changed since April.

Please note the new language services available and times
of availability:
① Monday through Friday
10:00-17:00
(unavailable between
11:30-12:30 due to lunch break)
Phone calls are accepted until 16:30
Languages: English, Spanish, and Chinese

② Second Saturday of the month
10:00-13:00
Languages: Spanish and Chinese

③ 4th Saturday of the month
10:00-13:00
Languages: Spanish and English

②③ On Saturdays phone calls are accepted until 12:30

④4th Thursday of the month 12:30-16:30
Languages: Portuguese and Tagalog

Closed on Sundays and holidays.
Inquiries: Tel. (045) 222-1209

This financial subsidy is offered to families with child(ren) in sixth grade or below.

Income restrictions apply; though cases will be re-examined in May.
Persons who were not able to receive the allowance
in the previous fiscal year may be eligible from the next fiscal year.
Applications will be received at the ward office.
Eligibility: Non-Japanese Registration Certificate holders
with valid Status and period of stay

*Those who have been receiving this subsidy will be
notified by end of May. Please follow the necessary procedures in June.

Inquiries: Child-Care Support, Services Division
(Kodomo Katei Shien) at Word Office(*J)

YOKE Information Corner
Tel. (045) 222-1209

City of Yokohama designated 3 non-smoking areas: around Yokohama Station ,
in Minatomirai 21 ,and in Kannai. Within the non-smoking area,
smoking is strictly prohibited in the outdoor public space.

From January 21st 2008, those who have violated this rule are fined 2,000yen.

Reference: http://www.city.yokohama.jp/ne/life/en/garbage.html
Inquiries: (045)671-2556(*J)