Hello Work
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Hello Work is the English name for the Japanese government's Employment Service Center, which manages unemployment insurance benefits for both foreign
and Japanese unemployed workers, and which also provides job-matching programs to the unemployed.
Hello Work recommends that foreign residents in Japan improve their Japanese language
skills, and as a way to do this it suggests Japanese classes. Tokyo Hello Work suggests the "Tokyo Nihongo Volunteer Network", founded in 1993, which offers free Japanese lessons.
Not all offices offer services to foreigners
, and those that do only offer them during limited hours and in limited languages. Usually English
and Mandarin Chinese service is available, and some offices offer services in Spanish
, Portuguese
, or other languages. There are a number of centers that specialize in support for foreigners:
Gaijin
is a Japanese word meaning "non-Japanese", or "alien". This word is a short form of gaikokujin , which literally means "person from outside of the country". The word is composed of two kanji: , meaning "outside"; and , meaning "person". Thus, the word technically means "outsider"...
and Japanese unemployed workers, and which also provides job-matching programs to the unemployed.
Hello Work recommends that foreign residents in Japan improve their Japanese language
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
skills, and as a way to do this it suggests Japanese classes. Tokyo Hello Work suggests the "Tokyo Nihongo Volunteer Network", founded in 1993, which offers free Japanese lessons.
Not all offices offer services to foreigners
Gaijin
is a Japanese word meaning "non-Japanese", or "alien". This word is a short form of gaikokujin , which literally means "person from outside of the country". The word is composed of two kanji: , meaning "outside"; and , meaning "person". Thus, the word technically means "outsider"...
, and those that do only offer them during limited hours and in limited languages. Usually English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Mandarin Chinese service is available, and some offices offer services in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, or other languages. There are a number of centers that specialize in support for foreigners:
- Shinjuku Foreigners' Employment Assistance and Guidance Center
- Nagoya Employment Service Center for Foreigners
- Osaka Employment Service Center for Foreigners