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Our board member Yasuhide Nakamura and Yang Miao gave a lecture in the "International Nursing Theory" course at the National Nursing University, discussing the current situation of foreigners living in Japan, the history of acceptance, and issues observed from support sites. Students who usually have little contact with foreigners said, "Even Japanese people ...

Our organization will be closed during the following period: Golden Week Closure: April 29, 2023 (Saturday) to May 7, 2023 (Sunday). We will resume activities on May 8, 2023 (Monday). During the closure, responses to applications and inquiries may be delayed.

Following the Otonari-san volunteers of the Otonari-san Family Friend Program, we have also published interviews with foreign participants.

We conducted interviews with Otonari-san volunteers of the Otonari-san Family Friend Program (OFP) and published their experiences.

In February 2023, a board member gave a lecture in the four-part series "Foreign Supporter Training Course" hosted by the Fuchu City Cultural Synergy Center DIVE in Tokyo. This training was held in the large hall of a beautiful local community center. Currently, Fuchu City has about 5,700 [...]

Our activities will be paused from December 29 (Thursday) to January 5 (Thursday) for the year-end and New Year holidays. We will resume activities on January 6 (Friday). Please note that responses to applications and inquiries may be delayed during this break. For urgent matters, please contact info@ […]

This time, the activities of the Otonari-san Family Friend Program were introduced in the August issue of 'Welfare Public Relations,' published by the Tokyo Welfare Council, in a series titled "The Current State of Cultural Synergy in the Community." The title is "The Reciprocal Relationship with Otonari-san in Japanese Society […]