Operating in different parts of Japan

Office

Issues covered

Services offered

Languages

Contact details

Schedule

Human Rights Counseling for Foreigners
(Ministry of Justice)

- General human rights issues

- Specific issues relating to women and children

Consultation:
- Telephone
- Online
- In person

- English
- Chinese
- Korean
- Filipino
- Portuguese
- Vietnamese
- Nepali
- Spanish
- Indonesian
- Thai

Telephone:
0570-090911

Telephone Counseling:
- Human Rights Hotline
0570-003-110
- Women's Rights Hotline
0570-070-810
- Children's Rights Hotline
0120-007-110

Online Human Rights Counseling Service:
Counseling request form:
www.jinken.go.jp/soudan/PC_AD/0101_en.html

Personal consultation - Offices:
www.moj.go.jp/ENGLISH/information/hrcf-01.html

Monday - Friday:
9:00 - 17:00
(Closed on public holidays and new years (12/29 - 1/3)

Houterasu -
Japan Legal Support Center (JLSC)

Loan, divorce, labor, accident, visa, natural disaster, etc.

Legal counseling and service

- Japanese
- English
- Chinese
- Vietnamese
- Korean
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Nepali
- Thai
- Filipino

Telephone:
0570-078377
(Call rates will apply)

Personal consultation:
Visit District Offices and District Branch Offices
(61 locations across the country)

Website:
https://www.houterasu.or.jp/en/

Telephone call - Monday to Friday
9:00 - 17:00

Non-Governmental organizations
Institution	Issues covered	Services offered	Languages	Contact information	Schedule
Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA)	Different legal issues	Legal counseling and service	Available languages for personal consultation vary from one local bar association to another	Website: www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/legalinfo/counceling.html Local Bar Associations - list of offices in all prefectures: www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/legalinfo/legal.html	See list of local bar associations in all prefectures: www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/legalinfo/legal.html
Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA)	Criminal cases	Duty Attorney System		Website: www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/legalinfo/arrest.html Telephone numbers by region: www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/legalinfo/arrest/arrest_contact_list.html	Contact list: www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/legalinfo/arrest/arrest_contact_list.html
Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA)	Child custody	Lawyer Referral Service for Hague Convention Cases		Website: www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/legalinfo/hague.html
Solicitors (Shiho Shoshi)	Different legal issues	Assistance in civil suits and mediation - preparing documents to be submitted to courts, supporting individuals representing themselves ("pro se") in suits, holding extra-judicial settlement talks and acting as arbitrators in disputes.		Shiho-shoshi Consultation Center Website: www.shiho-shoshi.or.jp/html/global/english/index.html	List of scriveners' associations and phone numbers: https://www.shiho-shoshi.or.jp/activity/var_consulting/ (in Japanese)