International Student Support

Life Guide

★Multilingual Communication Official LINE Account(Phase3)has been released!

 Please check it out!(You need to install TGO app first to start using this.)
 Multilingual communication platform
(1) AI consultation: AI will answer various questions about your surroundings. (ChatGPT is used). (e.g.) Housing, National Health Insurance, Immigration, Garbage disposal, Driver's license, etc.
(2) Q&A Chatbot: You can easily find the procedures and information you need to know about living
in the university.
(3) Translation of your medical symptoms: When you are not feeling well, this function translates your symptoms into Japanese, making it easier to communicate with your doctor or other healthcare professionals.
(4) Medical institution search: You can search for medical institutions with multiple languages available near your current location according to your symptoms.
(5) Inedible Foods Registration: You can egister inedible foods for allergic or religious reasons in advance
and translate them into Japanese.

   Residence & Daily Life

 ○ Access around Campus: Higashi-Hiroshima Campus   Kasumi Campus   Higashi-Senda Campus

 ○ Housing for International Students

  Finding Private Accomodations

 ○ Necessary Procedures at the City Office: Higashi-Hiroshima City   Hiroshima City

 ○ National Health Insurance Scheme

  ★Health Insurance Cards will be abolished from December 2, 2024.

  ○ National Pension System

  ★Exemption / Defferal System

 ○ The "My Number" (individual number) System 

 ○ Regarding Bank Accounts

 ○ Garbage Disposal

 ○ When moving out

 

   Car and Bike Information

 ○ Driver's License Information

 ○ Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance & Optional Automobile Insurance

   (*Make sure to purchase optional automobile insurance.)

 ○ Abandoned Bicycle and Registration

 ○ Bicycle Insurance

 ○ One-Handed Bike Riding Prohibited

 ○ Do you know rules of riding a bicycle?

 ○(Danger!)The rule of the Pedal-Attached Motorized Bicycles

      English Explanation


   Disaster Prevention / Safety / Emergency

   [Higashi-Hirshima City]

 ○ Emergency Telephone Numbers

 ○ How to protect yourself from natural disasters

 ○ How to get disaster information

 ○ Hazard Map

 ○ Evacuation Areas in Higashi-Hiroshima Campus (in case of earthquake)

 ○ What to do when an earthquake occures

 

[Hiroshima City / Hiroshima Prefecture]

 ○ Portal Site of Hiroshima City for Disaster Prevention

 ○ Preparing for heavy rain, typhoons and earthquakes

 ○ Hiroshima-City Evacuation Guide App

 ○ Hiroshima Pref. Disaster Prevention Web

   

   Useful Links

 ○Information of Access to Financial Services for Foreign Nationals and Prevention of Involvement in Financial Crimes

 ○ Communication Corner (in Sun-square Higashihiroshima)

 ○ Higashihiroshima City

  * Living Information for foreign residents

 ○ Hiroshima City

  * Life in Hiroshima: A Guide for Internatoinal Residents

 ○ A Guide to Higashihiroshima Municipal Elementary and Junior High Schools for International Residents

 ○ Hiroshima International Center

 ○ Guidebook for Starting School (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)

 ○ A daily life support portal for foreign nationals (Immigration Services Agency)

 ○ NHK Would Multilingual contents pick up(Feb, 2025)

   Multilingual Portal: Japan LIFE & BOSAI 

  

◆日本語のページへ Click here for Japanese website

Latest update: March 26, 2025


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