Kashiwa City Community Newspaper 2020.04.15

The Foreign Residents Advisory Service is expanding

Contact: Foreign Residents Advisory Service – Phone: 7168-1033

Cooperative Promotion Division – Phone: 7167-0941, Fax: 7165-7323

Foreign Residents Advisors provide an interpreting service for foreign residents to access information and consultation regarding administrative procedures and day to day life. Expansions to the service schedule will begin on Friday, May 1.

■Service Schedule

Day	Language of Interpreter	Time
Monday	Spanish	1:00pm to 5:00pm
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month	Korean
Wednesday	Chinese
Thursday	English
Friday	Chinese

Location

Foreign Residents Advisory Service Counter (City Hall, Main Building, 3rd Floor)

Cost

Free of charge

Application

Please call the Foreign Residents Advisory Service Counter or come to the counter directly.

Other

We do not provide translation for personal use or interpretation for matters other than city administration.

Consultation through an automated translation application will now be available

Beginning on Friday, May 1, consultation will be available through a translation app for 31 foreign languages including English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish.

For more information, including available languages, please visit the Kashiwa City website.

▲Please access more information here.

Financial assistance system for starting school

Contact: Schools and Education Division – Phone: 7191-7367

Financial assistance is available for parents and guardians of children attending Kashiwa City public elementary or junior high schools, who are experiencing financial difficulty. If approval for financial assistance is granted, school lunch fees will be subsidized, and financial assistance will be given for part of the fees for school, such as school supplies and school trips. Applications are accepted at any time throughout the year.

For more information on how to apply, please refer to the information provided by the elementary and junior high schools in Kashiwa City, or visit the city website.

Register for cancer screening!

Contact: Public Health Center, Health Promotion Division – Phone: 7168-3715

Cancer screenings provided by the city are available through a registration system.

Make sure that you do not miss the cancer screening that you have registered for.

Eligibility

Women 20 years of age and over. Men 40 years of age and over.

Eligibility will be different depending on the type of cancer screening.

Types of cancer screenings

Stomach cancer (people 50 years of age and over may choose to receive a gastrointestinal endoscopy), colorectal cancer, tuberculosis lung cancer, breast cancer, and cervical cancer.

How to register

Please use a registration postcard available from Kinrin Community Centers, etc. Complete the required parts of the registration form and return it by mail, or use the Kashiwa City website to register.

Other

• If a cancer screening and/or “ningen dokku” overall health check-up is available to you through your workplace or other opportunity, please have the testing done there.
• People with noticeable symptoms corresponding to the area of screening, or patients currently undergoing hospital outpatient treatment are not eligible for this program. Please have the screening done at a medical facility.

For more information, please visit the Kashiwa City website, or contact us for more information.

Regarding information on the new coronavirus

Contact: Public Information Division – Phone: 7167-1175, Fax: 7166-8289

We provide notices regarding information on testing for the new coronavirus, as well as methods to prevent the spread of the virus, and other information.

This information is current as of April 7.

A state of emergency has been declared

On April 7, a state of emergency was declared. For information on Kashiwa City’s actions as a result of the announcement, please refer to the city website.

▲Access the city website here.

Please limit non-urgent and non-essential outings

People who have no symptoms, or minor symptoms, can unknowingly spread the virus. Please avoid non-urgent and non-essential outings to crowded places and avoid going out at night.

Avoid the “Three C’s”

Avoid situations referred to as the “Three C’s”.

1. Closed spaces
2. Crowded places
3. Close contact

These situations add up to a higher risk of mass infection. Please try to avoid these situations and places as much as possible.

Closed spaces

These are enclosed spaces with no windows, and no way to open a door. Spaces with poor air circulation.

Crowded places

Spaces where a large number of people congregate.

Close contact

Situations where, for a certain amount of time, you remain close enough for two people to reach out and touch hands (about two meters). Situations where people are speaking or having a conversation.

Consultation can be obtained here

Contact: Kashiwa City consultation center for people with potential exposure to the new coronavirus – Phone: 7167-6777, Fax: 7167-1732

9:00am to 5:00pm. Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays.

For consultation regarding the new coronavirus, a dedicated phone service has been established. If you have any of the following symptoms, please call first for consultation.

• You have had cold symptoms or a fever of 37.5ºC for 4 days or more (including the time when medicine was used to reduce the fever).
• You have a strong feeling of weariness (fatigue) or shortness of breath (difficulty breathing).

Please consult with the consultation center if you are a senior citizen or have an underlying disease, and you have had the symptoms mentioned above for about two days.

Information regarding closure of facilities and cancellation/postponement of events

In order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, city facilities are being closed, and events are being cancelled or postponed. For up-to-date information, please visit the Kashiwa City website, or contact the facility or event management.