[Additional Recruitment] Training Course for Community Leaders of Foreign Origin

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The course has already started, but we are accepting a small number of additional participants.
If you're 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, 20 years, or even longer also increased.

The Olympics will be held in Tokyo in 2020. Many more foreigners will likely come to Japan in the future.
Some newcomers to Japan face problems in their daily lives. On the other hand, foreigners who have lived in Japan for a long time already have experience in overcoming such problems.
I decided to start this course because I wanted to create a system where "foreigners help foreigners." You will learn the necessary knowledge of laws and social welfare systems when assisting foreigners. You will also acquire skills for interpreting and gathering information. This will be extremely useful in your daily life.

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

■Dates: From September 3rd (Saturday) to the end of March 2017, twice a month, on Saturdays from 18:30 to 20:30
■Location: Itabashi Ward Green Hall Conference Room (The room number will be provided before the day of the event.)
(7-minute walk from Oyama Station on the Tobu Tojo Line and Itabashi-ku Yakusho-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 nights. Even those who have work can participate after work.
✔The instructor has frequent contact with foreigners and will speak in easy-to-understand Japanese.
✔Materials will include furigana (hiragana and katakana). English translations will also be provided. Even those who are worried about reading Japanese can participate with confidence.
✔In addition to lectures, we also plan to include a visit to a consultation center (foreigner consultation hotline) in December and January (participation is optional).

Session 1, September 3rd (Sat) [Completed]
18:30-20:30 Law ① - Residence Status (Visa)
Tomoe Komai (Attorney-at-Law, Milestone Law Firm)

2nd session, September 17th (Sat) [Completed]
18:30-20:30 Law ② - International Family Law and Dispute Resolution
Masami Tachibana (Lawyer, Toranomon Law & Economics Office)

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

4th Saturday, October 22nd
18:30-20:30 Medical (If a foreigner falls ill)
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 to Protect Foreigners)
Natsuko Minamino (Full-time Lecturer, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Showa Women's University)

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

8th Saturday 12/17
18:30-20:30 Essential Japanese for 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 for interpreting from an interpreter
Risa Yamashita (Interpreter)

10th Saturday 1/21
18:30-20:30 Development Education (Workshop) - Let's build horizontal relationships, not vertical ones.
Masahito Kinoshita (Director of the Kanagawa Development Education Center)

11th February 4th Saturday
18:30-20:30 Multicultural Social Work - Social Resources to Use When Seeking Counseling
Viktor Virag (Joint Research Fellow, Institute for Social Work, Japan College of Social Work)

12th Saturday 2/18
18:30-20:30 Learning how to gather and expand information from newspaper reporters
Tomohiro Ozaki (Reporter for The Japan Times)

13th 3/4 Saturday
18:30-20:30 Career Development - Thinking about your future in Japan
Kenji Makita (Former Career Counselor at Tamagawa University)

14th 3/18 Saturday
18:30-20:30 Things to keep in mind when giving advice
Katsuo Yoshinari (Director, ASIAN COMMUNITY TAKASHIMADAIRA, a specified non-profit organization)

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

Regarding joining midway through the program: You are welcome to join. Please feel free to contact us.

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

Projects eligible for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's support program for foreign residents in FY2016.