Links

Organizations Within Miyazaki Prefecture

Miyakonojo City Hall (Japanese)
Please note that there is no longer an English Home Page being maintained. City Hall recommends that a Google Machine Translated Version be used in order to browse in English.

Miyazaki Prefectural Government (Machine Translated English)

Miyazaki International Foundation

Miyazaki Support Center for Foreign Residents

Travel Support Call Center

Miyazaki City International Association

Public Institutions, etc.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (English Portal)

Immigration Bureau of Japan (English Portal)

Japan Legal Support Center

Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Japan Foundation

UNICEF

Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC)

NHK World

Japan Automobile Federation (JAF)

Websites for Foreign Residents

Multilingual Living Guide - Published by CLAIR, this guide provides general information for living in Japan

Medical Handbook for Foreign Residents - Provided by the Miyazaki International Foundation
Useful to keep on you in case of an emergency!

Miyazaki Medical Navigation - find medical institutions in Miyazaki prefecture that have English-speaking staff

AMDA International Medical Information Center

Japanese Language Education

Agency for Cultural Affairs

Association for Japanese-Language Teaching

Japan Educational Exchanges and Services

Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

Quill's Recommended Pages for Foreign Residents of Miyakonojo

Surviving in Japan - contains many useful how-to guides for living in Japan without understanding much Japanese

Japanese Lessons at NHK World - contains PDFs and MP3s for fifty free basic Japanese conversation lessons

Internationalization and International Understanding Lectures

Tatsu Sakamoto's Bike Trip Around the World

Earth the Spaceship

Friends Without a Border

Pages for Children

Web Japan - Collective Volunteering (collection of misprinted postcards and used stamps)
MIA sends these used stamps and postcards to the Miyazaki International Foundation (MIF). MIF then sends these stamps and postcards to the following organizations.

Japan Overseas Christian Medical Cooperative Service (JOCS)　※Used stamps

(Inc.) Nagoya Center "World Terakoya Movement", Nagoya Executive Committee　※Misprinted postcards