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Legal Counseling for Foreigners

【Telephone Consultation for Victims of the Earthquake on March 11】
Date & Time	Sept 30(extended from original schedule) Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 – 12:30 (calls only accepted until 12 noon)
Telephone Number	03-3591-2291
Fee	Free (except cost for the phone call)
Languages Available	Japanese, English, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Indonesian, Romanian,Thai, Burmese, Hindi, Bengali, Russian, Polish, etc.
Offered by	Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Kanto Federation of Bar Association, Tokyo Bar Association, Daiichi Bar Association, Daini Bar Association

◆This consultation is offered in cooperation with Center for Multilingual Multicultural Education and Research in Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

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 (once a year in autumn)

Tokyo, Dai-ichi Tokyo, Daini Tokyo, Yokohama, Saitama, Chiba-ken, Ibaragi-ken, Tochigi-ken, Shizuoka-ken, Yamanashi-ken, Nagano-ken, Niigata-ken (free):

Tel: 03-3581-3838 (Kanto Federation of Bar Associations)