2020 National Census: Answer the questions online!

2020年 国勢調査を実施します ~回答はかんたんなインターネットで!~

2020/08/25 Tuesday Announcements

* The 2020 national census has ended!

The national census (Kokusei Chousa – 国 勢 調査) is carried out every 5 years and everyone who lives in Japan for more than 3 months has a duty to answer it. The result of the census is important for public agencies and companies to build a better society. The answers will only be used to create statistics and will not be shared for other purposes such as investigations by the police and customs control. The authorities ask for your understanding and collaboration.

Due to preventive measures for the coronavirus, it is recommended to complete the online census if possible. Through the Internet, the census can be answered in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Vietnamese and Spanish.

If it is not possible to answer it online, deliver the form directly to the examiners (Chosain – 調査 員) or send it by mail. The printed form is available in 27 languages. For more details on languages, visit the census desk in the city where you live or ask the examiners.

  • For people who will respond online

Period: September 14 to October 7, 2020

URL: https://www.e-kokusei.go.jp/html/portal/ja/top.html

How to respond:

  1. In mid-September, examiners will visit your home to deliver the form. When the census documents arrive, go to the website to fill in the answers.
  2. Input the “Login ID” and “Access Key” (password) written in the “Guide to Using Online Answers” ​​(Internet Kaito Riyo Guide – イ ン タ ー ネ ッ ト 回答 利用 ガ イ ド) provided at the census documents.
  3. Answer the census according to the website’s guidelines. At the end, choose a password and send the answers.
  • For people who will answer by the form (paper)

Period: October 1 to October 7, 2020

How to respond:

  1. In mid-September, examiners will visit your home to deliver the form. After filling out the census documents, deliver them to the examiners who visit your home or mail them in the same envelope.

* If you prefer to deliver directly to the examiner, call the census service desk in the city where you live.

Beware of fraud and suspicious inquiries

  • Examiners will always carry their “Examiner’s Certificate” (Chosain-sho 調査 員 証). When the examiners visit your home, check the examiner’s certificate.

You will never be asked to pay any amount of money to answer the census. Also, those responsible will never ask for your bank account information or credit card number.

For more details, see the URL below (official website of the national census).

https://www.kokusei2020.go.jp/index.html

Vacancies for Metal Molding Course of Tsu Technical School – Latter term of 2020

2020/08/25 Tuesday Announcements

三重県立津高等技術学校 金属成形科 2020年度 後期入校生の募集

*Recruitment information in other language (Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, English) is also available at the bottom of the page.

Target employment place・Contents of work

  • Iron structure = welding, machining and thin metal sheets processing
  • Metal pieces production = welding and press working
  • Architectural sheet metal = sheet metal processing

Certification:

  1. JIS welding certification (SA-2F basic grade)
  2. Certification of skill training course of gas welding registered by <Mie Labor Bureau Director Registration Teacher Institution (Mie Labor Bureau No. 17-4)>
  3. Certification of safety and health special education in Arc Welding.
  4. Safety and health special education certificate completion (free grinding, replacement etc.)
  5. (Optional) Slinging skill training course certificate <Registration training institution of Mie Labor Bureau (Mie Labor Bureau No. 20-2)>
  • Number of participants: 10
  • Training period
    October 21, 2020 (Wednesday) – March 16, 2021 (Tuesday) – 6 months
    (Except Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and days on which the prescribed training is not conducted)
    Training time: 8:30 ~ 15:40
  • Cost
    Tuition is FREE
    At the time of the entrance procedure, work expenditure, protective equipment, disaster insurance etc. will cost 20,000 yen
    For those who will take the JIS welding license, the exam fee is approx. 26,000 yen
  • Target Participants
    Those who are motivated to acquire skills and find employment in the metal forming department, who fall under any of the following:
    1 – A foreign nationals who have a status of residence with no restrictions on employment activities
    ※ However, they must have a daily conversation level in Japanese, and can read and write Hiragana
    2 – Those who do not have work experience or less experience
  • Vocational training entrance screening
    Those who wish to join the training must participate in the entrance examination.
  1. Entrance Selection Date
    First entry screening: September 14, 2020 (Monday)
    Second entry screening: September 24, 2020 (Thursday)
    Third Entry screening: October 7, 2020 (Wednesday)
    (Please note that the second and third screening will not be implemented if the number of participants has already reached the capacity.)
  2. For those who wish to participate in the entrance examination, please consult the Public Employment Security Office (Hello Work).
    In addition, please contact the school by 5 pm the day before the entrance selection day.
  3. The entrance examination content is suitability test, hiragana test, individual interview.
  4. Please come to the Tsu technical school by 9 o’clock on the day of the opening date.
  5. On the examination day be sure to bring:
    Writing material (black ballpoint pen, pencil, eraser)
    Personal Seal (Shachihata model will not be accepted)
    Residence card (only for foreign nationals)
    Hello Work Card and one of the following:
    (1)For those receiving unemployment insurance, the KOYO HOKEN JUKYU SHIKAKUSHA-SHO
    (2) For those who graduated from a new high school, a survey form (for employment)
    (3)Employment consultation card if you graduated from a new junior high school,
    (4) For those other than mentioned above, bring identification card (car license, health insurance card, etc.)
  • Admission procedure
    (1) A school decision notice will be mailed to successful applicants.
    (2) Enclose the enrollment decision notification letter and mail the document “For those planning to enter the school”. Please proceed according to the entrance procedure described in that document.
    (3) We can not respond to inquiries about entry acceptance by phone etc.
  •  Closest access through public transport
    JR= 15 min on foot from Takachaya Station
    Kintetsu= get off at Hisai station, higashi guchi (west exit), take a bus from Sanko bus to Kumozu Koukan-cho or Karasu Koen, get off at Takachaya Danchi Mae and walk for 5 minutes.
  • Place for information, registration and course performing
    〒514-0817 Tsu-shi, Takachaya Komori-cho 1176-2 Mie Kenritsu Tsu Kouto Gijutsu Gakko
    Kinzoku Seikei-ka Nyukou Tanto: Hiraga, Maeda (people in charge of metal modeling course)
    TEL 059-234-3135  FAX 059-234-3668

Homepage: https://www2.tcp-ip.or.jp/~tsutech/bosyuu/tanki/bosyuu_kinzoku.html

Recruitment information: Japanese version ・ Portuguese version ・ Spanish version ・ English version