Legal Info & Services

 
    
Note
 
- No status to stay is required.
- Japanese people are also eligible for the counseling for cases regarding foreigners.
- Please ask each association in charge of legal counseling for foreigners about details.
- Houterasu (The Japan Legal Support Center,   0570-07-8374) introduces the consultation service that it considers most appropriate out of consultation services including those below.
- JFBA provides neither legal advice nor lawyer referral service for a specific legal dispute.
   
Legal Counseling for Foreigners by Local Bar Associations (charged)
   
 Tokyo (everyday):
  Bar Association Legal Counseling Center, Yotsuya Ekimae Build., 2F 1-4 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku
   Tel: 03-5367-5280
   
 Yokohama (every Wednesday):
  9 Nihon-Odori, Naka-ku, Yokohama
   Tel: 045-211-7700
   
 Saitama (every Friday):
  4-2-1 Takasago, Urawa-ku, Saitama
   Tel: 048-710-5666
   
 Aichi-ken (every Tuesday):
  3F, Sakae-Chunichi Build., 4-1-1, Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya
   Tel: 052-252-0044
   
Fukuoka-ken (second and fourth Friday)
  5F, Minamitenjin Bldg. 5-14-12 Watanabedori, Chuo-ku, Fukuokashi
   Tel: 092-737-7555
   
 Osaka(free telephone counseling on the second and fourth Friday):
   Tel: 06-6364-6251
   
Legal Counseling for Foreigners by the bar associations in Tokyo (free)
   
 Tokyo ( every Thursday [Yotsuya], every Wednesday [Ikebukuro] and every Monday [Tachikawa] ):
 

Yotsuya: Bar Association Legal Counseling Center, Yotsuya Ekimae Bldg., 2F 1-4 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku
Ikebukuro: 2F, Ikebukuro SIA Bldg., 1-34-5, Higashiikebukuro, Toshima-ku
Tachikawa: 12F, Core-city Tachikawa, 2-37-7, Akebono-cho, Tachikawa-shi

   Tel: 03-5367-4200
   
Note:
  This counseling is available only for those who have no or low incomes. Disclosure of income on a counseling form is required.
   
Legal Counseling for Foreigners by the Kanto Federation of Bar Associations (free)
   
Tokyo, Dai-ichi Tokyo, Daini Tokyo, Yokohama, Saitama, Chiba-ken, Ibaragi-ken, Tochigi-ken, Gunma, Shizuoka-ken, Yamanashi-ken, Nagano-ken, Niigata-ken (once a year in autumn):
   Tel: 03-3581-3838 (Kanto Federation of Bar Associations)