[Additional Recruitment] Foreign Community Leader Development Course

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The course has already started, but we are looking for a few additional participants.
If you are interested, please apply.

In 2016, the number of foreigners living in Japan reached an all-time high. The number of foreigners who have been living in Japan for 10 or 20 years has also increased.

The Olympics will be held in Tokyo in 2020. From now on, more and more foreigners will come to Japan.
Some foreigners who have recently come to Japan may face problems while living there. On the other hand, foreigners who have lived in Japan for a long time already have experience overcoming problems.
I decided to start this course because I wanted to create a system where "foreigners can help foreigners." You will learn about the laws and social welfare systems that are necessary when helping foreigners. You will also learn tips for interpreting and gathering information. This should be very useful in your daily life.

Foreigners who have been living in Japan for a long time, why not put your experience to good use? We look forward to your application.

■Dates: Saturday, September 3rd to the end of March 2017, twice a month on Saturdays from 18:30 to 20:30
Location: Itabashi City Green Hall, Conference Room (Room number will be provided on the day of the event.)
(7 minutes walk from Oyama Station on the Tobu Tojo Line and Itabashi-kuyakusho-mae Station on the Toei Mita Line)
■ Participation fee: Free
■ Capacity: 20 people
■ Target Audience Foreign nationals who can understand lectures in Japanese (Japanese nationals with foreign roots are also welcome)

Course Features
✔ It will be held on Saturday night. Those who have work can join after work.
✔The instructors are friendly to foreigners and will speak in easy-to-understand Japanese.
✔The materials will be accompanied by ruby (hiragana and katakana). English translations will also be prepared. Those who are worried about reading Japanese can participate without worry.
✔In addition to lectures, there will also be tours of counseling sites (foreigner counseling hotline) (December and January, participation is optional).

1st Session: Saturday, September 3rd [Finished]
18:30～20:30 Law① - Residence status (visa)
Mr. Tomoaki Komai (Attorney at Law, Milestone Associates)

2nd Session: Saturday, September 17th [Finished]
18:30～20:30 Law②―International family affairs and trouble handling
Masami Tachibana (Attorney at Law, Toranomon Law and Economics Office)

3rd October 8th Saturday
18:30～20:30 Law 3 - Labor (Focusing on the Labor Standards Act)
Kumiko Ara (Social Insurance and Labor Consultant, Hibiya Station Social Insurance and Labor Consultant Office)

4th Saturday, October 22nd
18:30-20:30 Medical care (if a foreigner gets sick)
Toshio Takayama (Hirano Kameido Himawari Clinic, MSW)

5th Saturday, November 5th
18:30～20:30 Multicultural counseling
Akiko Onishi (Associate Professor, International Center, University of Tokyo)

6th Saturday 11/19
18:30～20:30 Social welfare system (safety net for foreigners)
Ms. Natsuko Minamino (Full-time lecturer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Showa Women's University)

7th Saturday 12/3
18:30～20:30 Education in Schools: What are teachers thinking in the classroom?
Osamu Fukumoto (former Kanagawa Prefectural High School teacher)

8th Saturday 12/17
18:30～20:30 Japanese to use when consulting with foreigners - from interactions with government and schools
Yuka Nakayama (Part-time lecturer at Rikkyo University and Waseda University)

9th 1/7 Saturday
18:30～20:30 Tips on interpretation from interpreters
Risa Yamashita (Interpreter)

10th Saturday 1/21
18:30-20:30 Development Education (Workshop) - Building horizontal relationships, not vertical ones
Mr. Masahito Kinoshita (Secretary General, Kanagawa Development Education Center)

11th February 4th Saturday
18:30～20:30 Multicultural Social Work: Social resources to use when consulting
Virag Victor (Research Associate, Social Work Research Institute, Japan College of Social Work)

12th Saturday 2/18
18:30～20:30 Learn from newspaper reporters how to gather and disseminate information
Tomohiro Ozaki (Reporter, The Japan Times)

13th 3/4 Saturday
18:30～20:30 Career Development - Thinking about your future in Japan
Norifumi Makita (former career counselor at Tamagawa University)

14th 3/18 Saturday
18:30～20:30 What to observe when receiving consultation
Katsuo Yoshinari (Director of the NPO ASIAN COMMUNITY TAKASHIMADAIRA)

○ Application ① Name, ② Affiliation, ③ Nationality, ④ Years in Japan, ⑤ Mobile phone number, ⑥ Email address,
⑦Please write the reason why you want to take this course (200 characters in Japanese or 100 words in English) and send it by email (info@npo-apfs.com) or fax (03-3579-0197).

○Regarding mid-course participation, you are welcome. Please feel free to contact us.

[Contact/Organizer] NPO ASIAN PEOPLE'S FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY (APFS)
E-mail info@npo-apfs.com TEL 03-3964-8739 FAX 03-3579-0197 WEB https://apfs.jp

FY2016 Tokyo Metropolitan Government Support Project for Foreign Residents Eligible for Grants