For release of multilingual newsletter "To-Zai-Nan-Boku"

Hanshin-Awaji great earthquake was an unprecedented event that has gave disastrous accident but also more tragic damage to the minorities. Foreign resident was unable to get necessary information in the troubled situation feeling like clutching at even straws. Because almost every information about the earthquake was provided by Japanese only. Imagine, if you become ill and need to see a doctor in foreign country where you don't know their language. Language is a lifeline to get important information for survival as same as it is a tool for communication.
Radio station FM YY has been broadcasting in eight languages that had started by regional people for foreign resident who suffered by the earthquake who need information in their own language. However, only limited people is able to listen to information broadcast from radio. Therefore Kobe Asian Town Promotion Council issues a periodical multilingual newsletter with cooperation of FM YY and some organization for life counseling.
We hope this newsletter helps people who came to Japan from all over the world and live in Japan.

01  Information On Health Insurance Systems
02  Information On Nursing Care Insurance System
03  Information On Changing Residential Status After Divorce
04  Vaccination Of Children
05  Information On The Employment Insurance System In Japan
06  Information Regarding Revisions To The Immigration Law
07  How Much Do You Know About The Millennium Bug
08  Disaster Telephone Message Service
09  Pregnancy And Childbirth For Foreign Nationals
10  Housing Discrimination: Discrimination By Property Owners Against Foreigners
11  New Alien Registration Law
12  Schooling Expense Assistance System
13  On-Duty Lawyer System
14  Regular Medical Check-Up
15  Applying For A “Permanent Residency Permit”
16  Changing A Foreign Driver’s License To A Japanese One
17  Livelihood Subsidies System
18  Domestic Violence
19  Filing Of Final Tax Returns
20  Subsidy For Expensive Medical Fees
21  Intrenet Course
22  Do you know the Nationality Law of Japan?
23  The Small-Sum Lawsuit System
24  Educational Training Subsidy System
25  Basic Knowledge About HIV
26  Traffic Accident
27  How To Use The Internet In Japan
28  When Two Non-Japanese Nationals Register A Marriage In Japan
29  Child-Rearing Allowance
30  Training and Technical Internship Programs for Foreigners
31  When someone close to you dies in Japan
32  When you buy a house in Japan