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Immigration counters will be busy during the New Year holidays (December 2025 to January 2026)

年末年始は、在留審査窓口が混雑します（2025年12月～2026年１月）

2025/12/22 Monday Announcements

Every year around the New Year’s holiday period, many foreign nationals file various residency applications at the Immigration Bureau, causing the immigration residence inspection counters to become extremely busy.

Applications will not be accepted from December 27, 2025 to January 4, 2026, due to the New Year’s holiday. Therefore, applications are expected to be especially busy on December 26, 2025, and January 4, 2026, just before and after these holidays.

If you are going to the Immigration Bureau over the New Year’s holiday period, please use public transportation whenever possible.

If your residence status and expiration date are not affected, we recommend filing your residence inspection application outside of the New Year’s period, as this will shorten your wait time.

Congestion information is posted on the Nagoya Immigration Bureau’s social media accounts, so please make use of it.

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Address

  • Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau: 5-18 Shoho-cho, Minato-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
  • Yokkaichi Port Branch Office: 1F Yokkaichi Port Joint Government Building, 5-1 Chitose-cho, Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture
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Protect Yourself from Disasters: How to Prepare for Everyday Life

2025/12/22 Monday Announcements

災害に備えて、日頃から準備をしましょう

Mie Bosai Navi

In the prefecture’s official disaster prevention app, “Mie Bosai Navi,” you can see the location of nearby evacuation shelters on a map.

You can also check disaster information released by Mie Prefecture.

This time, 3 new functions have been added to the app (December 9, 2025).

  1. Voice navigation function to shelters/evacuation points

You can use Google Maps with voice guidance to reach the nearest shelter.

  1. Function to view images from road surveillance cameras

You can view camera images from 163 points within Mie Prefecture.

  1. Button to call the “Disaster Message Hotline 171”

The Disaster Message Hotline 171 is a “voicemail box” that can be used when, after a disaster, communications to the affected area increase and it becomes difficult to complete calls. A button has been added to make a call to 171.

For more details and to download “Mie Bosai Navi”, see here (MieInfo).

Bosaimie.jp

On bosaimie.jp, you can see information about disasters such as heavy rains, typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis. (Acesse: https://www.bosaimie.jp/)

Mie Prefecture Multilingual Disaster Support Center

When a major earthquake or tsunami occurs, they translate and disseminate necessary information. You can also consult and ask for help if you have problems during a disaster. (Site: http://mief.or.jp/wp/tagengo/)

Disasters can happen at any time.

To protect lives and daily life, let’s prepare now.

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