Update : 2020-5-7
For Individuals
To Secure Living Expenses
Special provision of emergency small loans (Loaning for social welfare)
Up to 100,000 (200,000 for specila case)
* There are exemption measures of reimbursement
Inquiry
Soka-shi Shakai Fukushi Kyougi-kai (Soka City Counsil of Socila Welfare)
Tel.(048) 932-6789
Reception time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays
* Need a reservation in advance by phone during above reception time.
Benefit for House-rent
Providng subsidy equivalent to house-rent during a fixed period of time.
(There are requirements for the subsidy)
Inquiry
Marugoto Support SOKA (Entire Support SOKA: Self-reliance Support Consultation Counter)
Tel.(048) 922-0185
Reception time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays
Tax Consultation
National Tax (Corporation tax, consumption tax, income tax etc.)
Inquiry
Kokuzei-kyoku Yuuyo Sodan Center (Grace of Tax Consultation Center in Kantoshinetsu Regional Taxation Bureau)
Tel.(048) 932-6789
Reception time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays
Local Tax (Municipal/Prefectural tax, property tax, national health insurance tax etc.)
Inquiry
Soka Shiyaku-sho Nouzei-ka (Payment Tax Section in Soka City Hall)
Tel.(048) 922-1124
(048) 922-1126
Reception time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays
For Small and Medium Enterprises・Sole Proprietors
To Secure Operating Funds by Financing System
No-interest and no-collateral Loans
Substantially no-interest and no-cillateral loans are available by using special interest subsidies system together.
Inquiry
Nihon Seisaku Kinyu Kinko, Koshigaya Shiten (Koshigaya branch of Japan Finance Corporation by the Japanese government)
Tel.(048) 964-5561
Reception time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays
Safety Net Hoshou (Safety Net Assurance) (No.4 and No. 5 Assurance relating emergencies such as natural disaster and sudden change for the worse of business by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency)
Inquiry
Soka Shiyaku-sho Sangyo Shinko-ka (Industrial Advancement Section in Soka City Hall)
Tel.(048) 922-3477
Reception time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays
Subsidies relating Temporary Absence from Work and Taking Holidays
Employment Adjustment Sibsidy
Subsidy for the leave allowance expenses to maintain and secure employment for the workers
(There are special measures)
Inquiry
Hello Work Soka
Tel.(048) 931-6111
Reception time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. on weekdays
Subsidy and Support Money Responding to Temporary Closure of Elementary Schools
Subsidy for working parents who take leaves accompanied by temporary closure of elementary schools, after school clubs, kindergartens, day care centers etc.
Inquiry
Gakko-tou Kyugyou Jyosei-kin・Shien-kin tou Sodan Call Center (Consultation Call Center for Subsidy and Support Money Responding to Temporary Closure of Elementary Schools)
Tel.0120-60-3999
Reception time: Everyday 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
HELP DESK for Foreigners
Multilingual Telephone Consultation by Japan Medical Association
Japan Medical Association starts hotline service with AMDA (Association of Medical Doctors of Asia) for the foreigners who want to know about consulting a medical institution in foreign languages.
Telephone number: 03-6233-9266
Period: April 10 (Fri.) to May 20 (Wed.)
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Languages:
English: Everyday including Saturdays and Sundays
Chinese: Weekdays (Monday to Friday)
Korean, Thai, Spanish, Tagalog, Portuguese, Vietnamese etc.: Once a week
Tokyo Coronavirus Support Center for Foreign Residents
Help Desk, as an emergency countermeasure to the Novel Coronavirus Disease, by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 14 languages for the foreigners.
14 languages: Easy Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Viet, Nepalese language, Indonesian language, Tagalog language, Thai, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Cambodian language and Myanmar language
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays
Tel.0120-296-004 (toll free)
Consultation Guide for Coronavirus Infection
You can use Japan Visitor Hotline by the Japan National Tourism Organization that assists in the case of accidents and emergencies for the tourists.
But now they accept the inquiry regarding the COVID-19 in English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Tel.050-3816-2787