Nagoya International Center

📣Library News📣

📖New Japanese language learning materials have arrived!📖

About 60 new Japanese language learning books are now available for loan.
If you are studying Japanese, we encourage you to make use of them.😊

You can search the NIC Library collection and check book availability here:
https://x.gd/oTbDz

　＃名古屋国際センター　 　 #日本語学習　＃日本語教材　＃日本語を学ぶ

[Typhoon Approaching]
Typhoon No. 6 is expected to come closest to the Tokai region on the morning of June 3.

Please check the latest typhoon information.
• Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html
• NHK WORLD-JAPAN https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
• Nagoya International Center Disaster Information Page https://www.nic-nagoya.or.jp/en/saigai/

Japan Meteorological Agency Japan Meteorological Agency: 3-6-9 Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo 105-8431, Japan (Access) JCN: 8000012100004 Legal Notice

📣Administrative Consultation Cases（行政相談）📣
[Series 1] I live in Nagoya City. All my family members are healthy now, but I'd like to know the procedures to follow if someone from my family passes away in the future. What do I need to do?（名古屋市に住んでいます。今はみんな元気ですが、将来家族が亡くなった時の手続きについて知っておきたいです。）
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【English】https://x.gd/j0Nyr

【Training for supporters of foreign children and students [Introductory Edition](外国人児童生徒サポーター研修　入門編)】
This training is aimed at people who are new to supporting foreign children. Try to understand the current situation and challenges facing foreign children and their parents and consider how to interact with them.
Date: Sunday, June 14; Sunday, June 28; and Sunday, July 12, 2026 [Time]: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Targets: Those who are interested in supporting foreign children and students, and those who have just started support activities.
Application period: From 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 13 to 5:00 p.m. Friday, May 29, 2026
How to apply: Web form, email, phone, or in person
More details here →

Training for supporters of foreign children and students [Introductory Edition](外国人児童生徒サポーター研修　入門編) | Nagoya International Center This website provides overseas residents living in Nagoya with a wide range of information such as information necessary for daily life and event information.Languages: Japanese, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese and Nepali

★【Reservations now open!】★
Registration and Information Session for Language Volunteers & Disaster Language Volunteers (語学・災害語学ボランティア登録説明会)
When: Sat. 6 June.　(Orientation Session 13:30 - 14:30; Disaster Language Volunteer Training Session, 14:30 - 16:00)
Where: Nagoya International Center 4F Lecture Room 3
●Disaster Language Volunteers
●Language Volunteers
Requirements for registration: Must be over 20 years old, with at least an everyday conversational ability in Japanese and another language, and a strong interest in disaster preparedness.
★See the NIC website for details:

【2026】Registration and Information Session for Language Volunteers & Disaster Language Volunteers （語学・災害語学ボランティア登録説明会）　 | Nagoya International Center This website provides overseas residents living in Nagoya with a wide range of information such as information necessary for daily life and event information.Languages: Japanese, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese and Nepali

【Notice from the Immigration Services Agency】
The Immigration Services Agency operates a comprehensive support website for the Specified Skilled Worker system, which consolidates and provides information for foreign nationals in multiple languages as part of efforts to promote the use of this system.
Please refer to the following URL:　https://www.ssw.go.jp/en/

📚From NIC Library📚
📣Introducing Parable of the Sower, a notable new arrival📣
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler is now on loan at the NIC Library. No one describes this novel better than Gloria Steinem: “If there is one thing scarier than a dystopian novel about the future, it’s one written in the past that has already begun to come true. This is what makes Parable of the Sower even more impressive than it was when first published “ …over thirty years ago. It tells the story of Lauren Olamina , a young woman with the extraordinary power to feel the pain of others as her own. When unattended environmental and economic crises lead to social chaos, Lauren manages to lead and inspire a group of survivors to a place where they have hope and a chance for a new beginning. The author’s twelve novels and volume of short stories garnered her numerous awards, including the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, the Langston Hughes Medal, and Nebula and Hugo awards.

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★Consultation by Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau★
Staff from the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau will provide consultations on immigration procedures, residence status renewal and changes, etc.
Date & Time: 4th Saturday of every month, 13:00–17:00 (last consultation starts at 16:00)
Consultation Time: 45 minutes per person
Fee: Free
Application: In person or by phone (Closed on Mondays, 9:00–19:00)
Details: →

Consultations with Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau at NIC | Nagoya International Center This website provides overseas residents living in Nagoya with a wide range of information such as information necessary for daily life and event information.Languages: Japanese, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese and Nepali

【Notice from Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau】

Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau will be closed from Monday, May 4 to Wednesday, May 6 due to public holidays.

★【2026】Applications for the NIC Japanese Class（NIC日本語教室）[May term]★
●Japanese classes for adults (aged 16 years and older).
●All classes focus on conversation. While talking with volunteers, you will learn about the Japanese language and life in Japan.
●No textbooks are used.
[May term] Held on every Sunday from May 17 to July 19　
Interview and payment: from 10:00 a.m., Sunday, May 10
＜Schedule of application Registration: online, on a first-come, first-served basis＞
*Priority is given to those who live in Nagoya City.
[May term] Starts at 10:00 a.m., Friday, April 17
For more information;

【2026】NIC Japanese Class　(ＮＩＣ日本語教室) | Nagoya International Center This website provides overseas residents living in Nagoya with a wide range of information such as information necessary for daily life and event information.Languages: Japanese, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese and Nepali