Yokohama Current Events & Activities

[Emergency Medical Information Center/Counseling Dial]
Tel: #7499 (If the line is busy, call 045-227-7499)
Open 24 hours and all year around
[Pediatric Emergency Telephone Consultation]
Tel: #7499 (If the line is busy, call 045-227-7499)
Or Kanagawa Pediatric Emergency Dial #8000 or 045-722-8000
On weekdays, from 18:00 to 9:00 the next morning
On Saturdays, from 13:00 to 9:00 the next morning
On Sundays, holidays, and New Year (Dec.29 thru Jan.3), from 9:00 to 9:00 the next morning
[Nighttime Emergency Medical Centers]: 20:00-24:00
Sakuragicho: Naka-ku, Sakuragicho Tel: (045) 212-3535 (*J)
Hokubu (North): Tsuzuki-ku, Ushikubo Nishi Tel: (045) 911-0088 (*J)
Nanseibu (South West): Izumi-ku, Nakata Kita Tel: (045) 806-0921 (*J)
[Holiday Emergency Clinic Time for Each Ward]: Principally from 10:00-16:00
Open on Sundays, holidays, and New Year (Dec.30 thru Jan.3)
As for the locations of each Clinic, please visit the following website:
http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/kenko/14248.html

On July 9th this year, a new residency management system has started. Those who become 16yrs old MUST apply for their resident cards by their 16th birthday. You can apply for it from 6 months prior to your 16th birthday. You should apply for your resident card at the Immigration office. Please check the following sites for more details.
http://m.r.cbz.jp/xquu6977/avmy (Japanese)
http://m.r.cbz.jp/xquu6977/gwx9 (English)
Consultation by telephone: “Gaikokujin Zairyuu Sogo Information Center” 0570-013904 (weekdays from 8:30-17:15) If calling from an IP phone, PHS, or from overseas, 03-5796-7112
Map of Immigration offices:
Yokohama: http://m.r.cbz.jp/xquu6977/c4ax
Kawasaki: http://m.r.cbz.jp/xquu6977/r5ru

Children who were born between April 2, 2006 and April 1, 2007 are eligible to get into elementary school in April 2013. “Nyugaku Annai, enrollment information” was sent in September to those who have foreign national children. Please go to your local ward office to take a certain procedure if you wish to send your child(ren) to a public elementary school in your area. “Nyugaku Tsuchi, enrollment notification” was sent in October to those who have Japanese national children. You don’t need to take any special procedure. There will be medical checkups and explanation sessions before entering elementary school. Please check these dates.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology offers sites to introduce the Japanese education system and enrollment procedures in multi-languages. Please refer to the following site.
http://m.r.cbz.jp/xquu6977/f3mr

Students who will be entering Junior High School from April 2013 will be sent notifications of their Junior High School entrance on or after January 21, 2013.
For Non-Japanese students who wish to enter public Junior High School in Yokohama but have not received this notification, please go to the Registration Division (Toroku-Tanto) of your local ward office.
Inquiries: Your Local ward office or Yokohama Board of Education, School Support & Regional Cooperation Division at (045) 671-3270 (*J) Fax (045) 681-1415
For inquiries regarding students with disabilities, please contact the Tokubetsu-shien Kyoiku Sogo Center at (045) 336-6020 (*J) Fax (045) 333-1455

For the purpose of promoting the city’s urgent disaster prevention and disaster mitigation tasks, \500 extra per capita will be added on to residence tax from Heisei 26 fiscal year to Heisei 35 (April, 2014 to 2023). Check the website for more details. http://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/zaisei/citytax/kanren/rinjitokurei.html
Inquiries: (045) 671-2252

The City of Yokohama has been privatizing 32 municipal nurseries since 2005. After they have been privatized, the nurseries are offering new services such as extending their hours including services on Saturdays. In April, 2015, Sasage Hoikuen (Konan-ku) and Nakao Hoikuen (Asahi-ku) will be privatized.
Inquiries: (045) 671-2400

Kanagawa International Foundation has done research on foreign national caregivers who work at facilities within Kanagawa Prefecture. They published the research report and “work handbook on nursing care” in multi-languages for those who might be interested in this field of work.
The report: http://www.k-i-a.or.jp/shuppan/report.html
“Work handbook on nursing care” is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese:
http://www.k-i-a.or.jp/shuppan/leaflet.html

YOKE will be closed between Dec.29 (Sat) thru Jan.3 (Thu) for the New Year holidays. We have regular business hours on Dec.28 (Fri). Our office will open from Jan.4 (Fri).

From November of this year, inactivated polio vaccine will be added to the DPT (diphtehria/pertussis/tetanus) vaccine, and will be available to infants who are eligible.
Eligibility and vaccination method: Same as the former DPT vaccine.
Location: Designated medical institutions in Yokohama
Inquiries: Yokohama City Vaccination Consultation Center: (045) 671-4183 (*J)

Subsidies of between \48,000 and \226,200 (depending on your residential tax submitted for 2012) will be provided to Yokohama resident families with children who are enrolled in private kindergartens between June 2 and November 1. (For children who have moved to Yokohama recently and enrolled in kindergartens after November 2, please apply in January.)
To Apply: Application forms will be distributed in mid-November at each kindergarten. Please submit it to your kindergarten.
Inquiries: Ask for more information at your kindergarten or Kodomo Seishonen-kyoku Kosodate Shien-ka: (045) 671-2085 (*J)