National
A free course on basic computer Internet use will be offered by regional government
bodies throughout the nation until March 2002.
The course lasts for 12 hours per person.
Course Contents:
1. Basic WINDOWS use
2. How to create documents in Japanese
3. Using the Internet
4. Sending and receiving E-mail
The course is free of charge but participants need to pay approximately \1,000
for a textbook. Anyone over 20 years of age living in Japan may take the course.
If there are too many applications for a course, successful applicants will
be chosen by lottery.
Regional:
In Kobe courses will be held in foreign languages for people who do not understand
Japanese very well.
The languages are Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese and basic
Japanese.
If you have any questions, please contact the following organizations
(iIf you do not understand Japanese, contact the following organizations where
interpreters are available to help you.) :
NGO Foreigner's Assistance Network Information Hotline (GQ-net): 078-232-1290
English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese
Wednesdays 14:00 _ 20:00 &Saturdays 11:00 _ 17:00
Kobe Foreigners Friendship Center (KFC): 078-612-3053
Vietnamese &Japanese
Tuesday - Friday 10:00 _ 16:30
FACIL Multilingual Center:078-736-3040