Support of Foreigners
Yamagata Prefecture is known throughout Japan as an area that has a high percentage of international marriages involving registered aliens.
There are foreigners in the family and region, and there are friends in the classroom who grew up in a different culture.
They may have questions regarding things they encounter in the region or society that are often taken for granted, but they also provide an opportunity for things to be changed for the better.
There are no national borders for children.There are indications of “family collapse” throughout the world. However, it is necessary for us as adults to repeatedly provide support to those children and their guardians in order for them to live in a way that makes them feel proud about "themselves" and “their own culture.”
The IVY Foreigner Support Section, with the keywords of “life” and “language,” is involved in providing support to registered aliens, their families, and the region.
The enjoyment of the “richness of multicultural society” that exists in every culture is our common property that is made possible because of the age in which we now live.
We want to continue making an effort in order to seek out and realize a better social system…
In addition to receiving requests for various consultations over the telephone or in person, in cooperation with related organizations, we are involved in various activities as we search for better ways to solve problems so that foreigners may live life more smoothly in Japan.
The languages we use are Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Tagalog, Spanish, and English.
We provide interpretation and translation of Chinese,
Korean, Portuguese, Tagalog and other languages.
Japanese Classrooms
We manage Japanese classrooms for the benefit of foreigners.
We provide support to children
whose mother tongue is not Japanese.
We perform consultations regarding such matters as transferring to elementary and junior high school, going on to higher education, etc.
We also dispatch interpreters to schools or boards of education.
For details regarding dispatch fees, etc, please inquire at our office.
We hold medical interpreter training courses and legal study meetings in order to improve the skills of interpreters who are dispatched to health medical institutions, bar associations, administrative bodies, etc.
There are children living in Yamagata Prefecture who for various reasons have crossed national borders to come to Japan.
1. Consultations
Regarding the various difficulties that those children encounter, together we will think of ways to overcome whatever winds that blow.
Please consult with us about anything. Telephone, FAX, email, etc, any method is okay.
2. Children's Chinese Classrooms
For children whose roots are in China, their history of Chinese language usage and level varies. While their parents speak Chinese as their mother tongue, many of the children born in Japan do not speak Chinese well.
Therefore, we hold classes at city community centers for learning Chinese as an inherited language (a language that was first learned, but not developed due to the pressures of the language used at school) or as a foreign language.
Please contact our office at one of the telephone numbers listed below for details.
Those who are eligible: Elementary school children with an interest in Chinese.
Class schedule: Twice a month, Sunday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Lecture fee: 1500 yen/month
※ Those students who are absent for one month (both classes) will be assessed a fee of 500 yen as a classroom maintenance charge.
Inquiries: IVY Office (023-634-9830...Japanese only)
or (090-2365-1208...Japanese or Chinese)
