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Added the information about notarization cost for creating a Notary Deed Will (notarized will in Japan) at the Notary Public Office (Kosho-Yakuba 公証役場)

Cost for Creating a NOTARY DEED WILL

The Japanese government explained at the House of
Representatives on May 29 that the foreign companies (with branch in
Japan) are not eligible for the subsidy program (Jizokuka Kyufukin 持続化給付金).

You can see the actual discussion in the video linked here.
http://www.shugiintv.go.jp/jp/index.php?ex=VL&media_type=&deli_id=50247&time=15608.0
See around 4:29:50 of this video.

For now, it is not possible for foreign companies to apply for the subsidy program.

We’ll provide information here, if we catch any update about this matter.

Acceptance of Requests for Subsidy Program for Sustaining Businesses Starts
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) website

Japanese courts are now suspending many court dates in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

They started suspending the court dates after the Japanese government has declared the state of emergency on 7th April 2020. And now, following the extension of the declaration until the end of May 2020, the court dates scheduled in May are being suspended in many courts throughout Japan.

As there are many new potential cases which weren’t filed because of the voluntarily “stay home” in April, the court will likely to be very much over-scheduled after they re-open the suspended court dates after the end of May.

There are several different procedures at the court. Two major procedures are lawsuit (“Sosho”) and conciliation (“Cho-tei”). Japanese legal system requires conciliation procedure to be held before the lawsuit for several types of cases. This includes many family procedures such as divorce. Which means, if you want to file a divorce case to a Japanese court, you will first have to file for a conciliation procedure. You cannot go to lawsuit directly.

As the conciliation procedure includes more “close, detailed and long conversations” in a small room compared to lawsuits, there may be considerable delays for conciliation procedures for a long period of time (maybe more than several months).

For people who have serious and urgent legal issues at this moment, it will be important to move quicker than usual, taking into account the possibility of significant delays at the court.

NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Coronavirus outbreak
Multilingual coronavirus hotlines in Japan

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
About Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19
Q & A on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
METI’s Support Measures for Companies Concerning the Impacts of the Novel Coronavirus Disease

Kawasaki International Association
Counselling Services for Foreign Residence is currently available only by phone or e-mail. Face-to- face consultation is not available.

Kanagawa prefecture
Regarding the new coronavirus (COVID-19)

the japan times
COVID-19 NEWS UPDATES

Yubisashi
COVID-19　Phrases in 19 languages（FREE)

From October 2019, bicycle liability insurance has become mandatory for bicycle users in Kanagawa prefecture, including Kawasaki city.

There were bicycle accident cases where bicycle users ended up being sued by the victims for a huge amount of money, but couldn’t afford to pay.

More importantly, a lot of cases involve minors on bicycles causing accidents. It is very important to pay attention to the risk of injuring (or even killing) other people by riding bicycle, as well as you and your family’s safety.

Being insured will make a huge difference for the bicycle user and also for the victim, when the worst scenario happens.

Bicycle liability insurance is available from such as 300 yen per month and a lot of insurance companies offer family bicycle insurance plans.

As the new year is rolling around, it is a great opportunity to review your insurance coverage and see if you and your children are sufficiently protected.