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NAGOYA 3 AENGLISHL Editionenwebsite:D 2021 Phone: 052-581-0100 March 「Nagoya Calendar」は生活情報や名古屋周辺の C イベント等の情報を掲載している英語の月刊情報誌です。 NAGOYA 3 AENGLISHL EDITIONENWebsite:D www.nic-nagoya.or.jpAR 2021 Phone: 052-581-0100 March 「Nagoya Calendar」は生活情報や名古屋周辺の C イベント等の情報を掲載している英語の月刊情報誌です。 I N S L TE O RN HO ATIONAL SC The Nagoya Calendar is printed on recycled paper that contains post-consumer recycled pulp. Unauthorized reproduction of contents prohibited. Sogakudo Bandstand, Tsuruma Park, Showa Ward Nagoya International Center News & Events Nagoya International Center Information Counter – Phone: 052-581-0100 ★NIC consultations available in person at NIC, by phone or online (via Skype). See the NIC website for details. The Nagoya International Center is a 7-minute walk or a 2-minute ★Information Counter 情報カウンター subway ride from Nagoya Station. Information on daily life and sightseeing in 9 languages (times vary), Japanese Kokusai Center Station, on the Sakura-dori Subway Line, is linked to the & English available Tue. to Sun. 9:00 – 19:00. Phone: 052-581-0100, E-mail: Nagoya International Center at the basement level. [email protected] ★Free Personal Counseling 外国人こころの相談 English-speaking counselor available on Sun. by appointment to provide support to those with difficulties in their lives in Japan. Reservations: Call the NIC 3F Info Counter at 052-581-0100. Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese also available. ★Free Legal Consultations 外国人無料法律相談 Consultations with a certified lawyer available on Sat. 10:00 - 12:30 by reservation only. Please leave your name & phone number on the answering machine at 052-581-6111. A staff member will call you back at a later date to schedule your appointment. ★Gyoseishoshi Consultations 行政書士による相談 Consult a certified administrative procedures legal specialist about procedures related to immigration, setting up a business, etc. Wed. & Sun. 13:00 - 17:00 by appointment. Phone: 052- 581-0100. The Nagoya International Center Library & Information ★Free Educational Counseling Service 教育相談 Counter are open Tuesday to Sunday, 9:00 – 19:00. Advice and information on education for foreign resident children, including schools, admissions, daily life, potential problems. Wed., Fri. & Sun. 10:00 - Closed on Mondays, December 29 - January 3, & the second 17:00 by appointment. Phone: 052-581-0100. Sundays of August & February. ★Free Counseling Service for Refugees & Asylum Seekers 難民相談 Refugee Assistance Headquarters (RHQ) provides a confidential counseling Paid car-parking is also available at the Center and in the immediate service every Thu. (10:00 - 16:00) at the NIC 3F Info Counter. Reservation vicinity. required. Inquiries: RHQ, Tel: 078-361-1700 (Website: www.rhq.gr.jp/english). ■Need assistance in other languages? 日本語・英語以外の言語でもお手伝いします In addition to our service in Japanese and English at the Nagoya International Center 3F Information Counter, our multilingual staff provide linguistic support in Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese, and Nepali. Assistance in these languages is available on the following days: Portuguese: Tue. to Sun. 10:00 - 17:00 (except 12:00 - 13:00) Spanish: Tue. to Sun. 10:00 - 17:00 (except 12:00 - 13:00) Chinese: Tue to Fri. 13:00 - 17:00; Sat. & Sun. 10:00 - 17:00 (except 12:00 - 13:00) Korean: Thu., Sat., Sun. 13:00 - 17:00 Filipino: Thu., Sat., Sun. 13:00 - 17:00 Vietnamese: Wed., Sun. 13:00 - 17:00 Nepali: Wed. 13:00 - 17:00 For more information, contact the NIC Information Counter on 052-581-0100. ■Trio-Phone - The NIC Telephone Interpreter Service トリオホン If you need to consult a government office, such as a ward office, municipal health center, or a tax office, but can't speak Japanese, then call our Trio-Phone service on 052-581-6112 and we'll arrange a 3-way call between you, the service, and a NIC interpreter. ■The NIC Library ライブラリー Located on the 3rd floor of the Nagoya International Center Building, the NIC Library holds around 28,000 books and other materials that can be borrowed, from paperbacks and picture books in English, Portuguese and other languages, and books on Japan and Japanese literature, to Japanese language-learning resources. As part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Library users are currently requested to keep Library visits to a maximum of 60 minutes, wash or disinfect hands before entry, allow staff to measure users' temperature, wear a mask, and provide contact details when requested. Library hours: 9:00 - 19:00 Tue. to Sun. Staying Up-to-Date with the NIC Social Media NIC Website Evacuation Information Should an evacuation advisory be issued for Nagoya City, www.nic-nagoya.or.jp Follow us @the_nic check the Evacuation Information section on the top Keep updated on NIC events, page of the NIC website for information in subscribe to the NIC Mail Japanese, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Magazine, and browse back issues Filipino, Vietnamese, Nepali and easy Japanese. Find us on Facebook of the Nagoya Calendar Bookmark https://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/evacuation/ for quick access to any updates. 02 NAGOYA CALENDAR 2021. 3 Please note that NIC events may be subject to change or cancellation without notice. See the NIC website at www.nic-nagoya.or.jp for updates to events. Children's Story Book Time Peer Support Salon: Talk about what 外国語で楽しむ絵本の会 you're feeling (Online) Listen to foreign volunteers in the NIC's 3F Library (and occasionally other locations) as they read story books in their own languages from ピアサポートサロン「みんなで話そう！ こころの気持ち」（オンライン） Relax and chat about your concerns and uncertainties about raising the library's vast collection of international children's books. your pre-school-aged child, and pick up some ideas for playing with Participation is free! your child at home. Feel free to join in with your child. When: This Salon is open to parents and their pre-school-aged children Sat. 6 Mar. (10:30-11:00) ① (foreign and Japanese), and will be held in easy Japanese, with Sun. 28 Mar. (14:00-14:30) ② interpreting available for English, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese. Where: Nakamura Library ( ), Nakamura Ward ( ) ① 中村図書館 中村区 When: Sun. 14 Mar. (10:00 - 11:30) Nakamura-machi Chanoki ( ) 25 Nagoya International 中村町茶ノ木 ② Where: Online (via Zoom) Center 3F Library Number of places: 10 (first in, first served) Places: 10 (first in, first served) 10 (around 3 people per group, ① ② Cost: Free not including infants; first in, first served) Reservation period: From 10:00 Fri. 5 Feb. to 17:00 Fri. 12 Mar. Reservations: Apply by e-mail during the reception period for each (Reservations will close once places are filled.) session: No reservation required. 10:00 Sun. 28 Feb. to 12:00 ① ② Reservations: E-mail the NIC Information Counter, with "Peer Fri. 26 Mar. Support Salon" as the subject, and include your name, your Inquiries / reservations: E-mail: [email protected]; Phone: ① ② country of birth, number of participants, your child's age, 052-581-0100 ③ ④ ⑤ your phone number, ⑥whether you require interpreting (English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese only) and preferred language. Regional Internationalization Seminar Reservations / inquiries: Nagoya International Center 2021: Connecting and Living in the Information Counter, phone: 052-581-0100; E-mail: Community [email protected] 地域の国際化セミナー2021「人とつながる、街を生きる～知り合えない私 たちと隣近所の多文化共生～」 Midori Multicultural Event More than half of the occupants of the Shibazono Danchi housing みどり多文化交流会 complex (Kawaguchi City, Saitama) are non-Japanese. Rather than Nagoya International Center, in collaboration with Midori being an exceptional case, this is an extension of the situation in our Tabunka-kyosei Boranetto, presents this online multicultural own local communities. Using the situation at the Shibazono Danchi interaction event, featuring guests with connections to Midori as a springboard, this year's seminar will look at the future of Ward (including foreign residents, individuals from Midori Ward building communities from the perspective of a common issue in working overseas, and people engaged in promoting many communities - the diminishing relationships between residents. Arimatsu-Narumi Shibori tie-dyeing to the world). Hear about the Limited to 90 places online and 30 at the venue viewing, determined culture of participants' home countries, their ties to Midori Ward, on a first-in, first-served basis. and life in the age of COVID-19. Conducted in Japanese. When: Sat. 6 Mar. (13:30 - 16:30) Limited to 30 places (first in, first served) Where: Online, and Nagoya International Center Annex Hall When: Sun. 21 Mar. (13:30 - 15:30) Admission: Free Where: Online (via Zoom) Reservations: Contact the NIC Exchange and Cooperation Division Reservations: Visit or contact the NIC Exchange and Cooperation via the NIC website, E-mail, or phone (office hours 9:00 to 17:00, Division via the website, e-mail or phone before 17:00 Sat. 20 Tue. to Sun.) until places are filled. Mar. E-mail: [email protected]; Phone: 052-581-5689 E-mail: [email protected]; Phone: 052-581-5689 Website: https://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp Website: https://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp Registration & Information Session for Language Volunteers & Disaster Language Volunteers 語学・災害語学ボランティア登録説明会 A registration and information session will be held for Language Volunteers and Disaster Language Volunteers. For details of volunteer activities and requirements for registration, please see the NIC website. Those registering as Disaster Language Volunteers will also participate in the Disaster Language Volunteer Training Session. When: Sat. 17 Apr. 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