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Prefectural and City Governments Prefectural and City Governments Prefecture Department in charge name URL e-mail Japanese Class Information International Affairs Division,Bureau of International http://www.pref.hokkaido [email protected] Hokkaido Affairs,Department of Policy .lg.jp/ss/tsk/index.htm okkaido.lg.jp Planning and Coordination Tourism and International http://www.pref.aomori.l http://www.kokusai- Affairs Strategy Bureau [email protected] Aomori g.jp/soshiki/kkokusai/shin koryu.jp/information/gogaku/lan Tourism Promotion and i.lg.jp kanko/ guage.html#japanese International Exchange Division https://www.pref.iwate.jp Iwate Office of International Affairs /kyouikubunka/kokusai/in [email protected] http://iwate-ia.or.jp/ dex.html International Affairs Division, http://www.pref.miyagi.jp [email protected] Miyagi Commerce, Industry and http://mia-miyagi.jp/index.html /soshiki/ftp-kokusai/ g.jp Tourism Department http://www.pref.akita.lg.j Department of Planning and p/www/genre/000000000 [email protected] http://www.aiahome.or.jp/pages Akita Promotion, International Affairs 0000/1270044863172/ind g.jp /page-1488462840-187 Division ex.html Association for International http://www.airyamagata. 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International Division .jp html http://www.pref.chiba.lg.j Policy and Planning Department [email protected] http://www.mcic.or.jp/jp_school Chiba p/kokusai/kokusaikouryuu International Affairs Division ba.lg.jp /jpsch_town.html /hiroba.html （１）Guidance and Planning Section, Curriculum and [email protected] https://www.tokyo-icc.jp/ Guidance Division, Office of tro.tokyo.jp Education Tokyo （２）Bureau of Citizens and Cultural Affairs,Citizens' Affairs [email protected] Division,Community Activity tro.tokyo.jp Promotion Section International Division, INTERNATIONAL http://www.pref.kanagaw [email protected] http://www.kifjp.org/classroom/j Kanagawa AFFAIRS,CULTURE AND a.jp/div/0215/ anagawa.jp apanese-list/ TOURISM BUREAU http://www.niigata- International Affairs Division, http://www.pref.niigata.lg [email protected] Niigata ia.or.jp/cgi/japanese_lesson/JCse Governor's Policy Bureau .jp/ a.lg.jp arch.html http://www.pref.toyama.j [email protected] http://www.tic- Toyama International Affairs Division p/cms_sec/1018/index.ht .lg.jp toyama.or.jp/life/school.html ml Tourism Promotion Strategy http://www.pref.ishikawa. [email protected] http://www.ifie.or.jp/ijsc/j- Ishikawa Department International lg.jp/kokusai/ a.lg.jp class_ishikawa/index.html Exchange Division Department of Business, Industry and Labor http://www.pref.fukui.lg.j [email protected] https://www.f-i-a.or.jp/ja/ Fukui International Economic Affairs p/doc/kokusai/ p Division Tourism Department http://www.pref.yamanas [email protected] http://www.yia.or.jp/foreign_resi Yamanashi Global Tourism and Exchange hi.jp/kokusai/index.html hi.lg.jp dents/nihongo-class/index.html Division http://www.pref.nagano.l http://www.pref.nagano.lg.jp/ko Citizens and Cultural Affairs g.jp/kokusai/sangyo/koku [email protected] kusai/sangyo/kokusai/tabunka/ta Nagano Department sai/tabunka/tabunka/inde g.jp bunka/documents/27kyoshitu1.p International Relations Division x.html df https://www.pref.gifu.lg.j Foreign Residents’ Gifu p/sangyo/kokusai/tabunk [email protected] http://www.gic.or.jp/ Empowerment Division a-kyosei/ http://www.pref.shizuoka [email protected] Shizuoka Multicultural Affairs Division http://www.sir.or.jp .jp/ a.lg.jp https://www.pref.aichi.jp/ （１）Multicultural Society syakaikatsudo/tabunka.ht [email protected] http://www2.aia.pref.aichi.jp/res Section Aichi ml p ource/j/class/classtop.html（ （２）Aichi International http://www2.aia.pref.aich [email protected] Aichi International Association ） Association i.jp/topj/indexj.html Department of Environmental http://www.pref.mie.lg.jp [email protected] http://www.mief.or.jp/jp/nihong Mie and Social Affairs /TABUNKA/HP/index.htm p o_class.html Diversity Promotion Division （１） （１）Department of General http://www.pref.shiga.lg.j Policy Planning, International [email protected] p/ http://www.s-i-a.or.jp/useful- Shiga Affairs Division p （２）http://www.s-i- list/246 （２）Shiga Intercultural [email protected] a.or.jp/ Association for Globalization http://www.pref.kyoto.jp/ [email protected]. Kyoto International Affairs Division http://www.kpic.or.jp/ kokusai/ jp (1)International Affairs Division （1） （1） http://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/chiki Osaka Promotion Bureau http://www.pref.osaka.lg. [email protected] kyoiku/sikijinihongo28/index.htm Department of civic and jp/kanko/ ka.lg.jp l cultural affairs Osaka (2)Regional Education Promotion Division （2） （2）shichosonkyoiku- Education Office for http://www.pref.osaka.lg. [email protected] Municipalities jp/chikikyoiku/ g.jp Secretariat Board of Education International Relations Division International Affairs Bureau http://web.pref.hyogo.lg.j http://www.hyogo- [email protected] Hyogo Industry, Employment & p/interaction/cate2_504.h ip.or.jp/pdf/usr/default/32W-c- ogo.lg.jp International Affairs tml C94D6-40.pdf Department Human Rights and Local [email protected]. Nara Education Division, Nara lg.jp Prefecture Board of Education International Affairs Division Planning Department Wakayama Prefectural http://www.wak- Wakayama [email protected] Government kokusai.jp/ (Wakayama International Exchange Association) Domestic and International http://www.pref.tottori.lg http://www.torisakyu.or.jp/?id=7 [email protected] Tottori Affairs Division, Tourism and .jp/dd.aspx?menuid=614 9 tori.lg.jp Exchange Bureau 0 bunka- http://www.sic- Culture and International http://www.pref.shimane. 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