Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)

The following site has a variety of basic information for living in Japan, including: Status of Residence (visa), alien registration, marriage and divorce, and other procedures / labor and research, health care, pension, birth and childcare, and other welfare services / education, Japanese language, taxes, residency and moving, transportation, and other daily life concerns / emergencies and consultation
http://www.clair.or.jp/tagengo/
(Japanese, English, German, Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, and Russian)

Information for International Students Living in Kyoto

Learning, living, exchange events, working, transportation, links, and Q&A available at the Kyoto regional student exchange promotion council:
http://www.suishinkyo.kokusai.kyoto-u.ac.jp/link/index.html (Japanese)
http://www.suishinkyo.kokusai.kyoto-u.ac.jp/link/learning_e.html (English)

Status of Residence Alien Registration Disaster and Emergency Information Pregnancy and Birth Housing

Transportation Jobs and Job-Hunting Telephones, Post Offices, and Financial Institutions International Marriage and Divorce Pension and Welfare

Medicine and Healthcare Children’s Education Interpretation and Translation for Daily Life English-Speaking Resources Living in Kyoto

Kyoto Prefectural International Center 9F Kyoto Station Building, Shiokoji Karasuma,Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600-8216, Japan Take the elevator to 9th floor Open / 10：00-18：00 Closed /2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month, National holidays, 12/29-1/3 TEL : 075-342-5000 / FAX : 075-342-5050