Multilingual Hotlines Available In Rain - Hit Kyushu


Multilingual hotlines available in rain-hit Kyushu

Authorities in the southwestern Japanese region of Kyushu, which has had record rainfall, are offering multilingual consultation services for foreigners visiting or living in Japan.

In Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka Multilingual Assistance and Information Center is offering telephone consultations in 18 languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Tagalog, Thai, Malay, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Myanmar, Khmer, and Mongolian.

The service is available every day except for new year holidays, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The phone number is 0120-279-906.

In Saga Prefecture, Center for Multicultural Society in Saga is offering services in 19 languages: English, French, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Italian, Vietnamese, German, Thai, Malay, Tagalog, Khmer, Nepalese, Mongolian, Myanmar, Portuguese, Indonesian, Spanish and Sinhalese.

Calls are accepted on weekdays except for holidays and new year holidays, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The phone number is 0952-22-7830.

Nagasaki Prefecture Consultation Center for Foreign People is accepting consultations in 18 languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, Nepalese, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Myanmar, Khmer, and Mongolian.

The service is available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. except for Sundays, holidays, and the new year period. The phone number is 095-820-3377.

In Kumamoto Prefecture, Kumamoto Support Center for Foreign Residents is offering telephone consultations in 18 languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Nepalese, Indonesian, Tagalog, Thai, Portuguese, Spanish, Malay, French, Russian, German, Italian, Myanmar, Khmer, and Mongolian.

The service is available on weekdays except for holidays and the new year period, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. The phone number is 080-4275-4489.

In Oita Prefecture, Oita Information & Support Center is offering consultations in 19 languages: English, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Myanmar, Nepalese, Thai, Khmer, Mongolian and Sinhalese.

The service is available from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except for Sundays, holidays and the new year period. The phone number is 097-529-7119.

Miyazaki Support Center for Foreign Residents in Miyazaki Prefecture is offering consultations in 18 languages. They are English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malay, Tagalog, Nepalese, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Myanmar, Mongolian and Khmer.

Calls are accepted from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Tuesdays to Saturdays, except for holidays and the new year period.

The phone number is 0985-41-5901.

In Kagoshima Prefecture, Consultation Desk for Foreign Residents has services in 18 languages: English, Vietnamese, Chinese, Tagalog, Korean, Indonesian, Nepalese, Khmer, Thai, Myanmar, Portuguese, Spanish, Malay, French, Russian, German, Italian and Mongolian.

Calls are accepted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Tuesdays to Sundays, except for new year holidays. The phone number is 070-7662-4541.