Outline of Osaka: Living Environment
This section introduces various support programs intended for foreign companies considering locating business establishments in Japan. In Osaka City, efforts are now underway to make the latest information for business and everyday living instantly accessible.
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Housing: A wide array of substantial support is available ranging from help in finding housing to daily living assistance.
Reliable support for finding housing
- Osaka Municipal Housing Information Center provides consulting services on housing, both public and private, and on all other housing-related matters. The consulting services are available in non-Japanese languages as well, through the "Triophone" interpretation system.
- O-BIC (Osaka Business & Investment Center) offers vacancy listings of publicly-owned rental housing to foreign business persons.
http://o-bic.net/
Housing support system
- Family households of foreigners who have completed alien registration and who live or work in Osaka City (Osaka Prefecture) are eligible to apply for municipal (prefectural) rental housing.
helpful website
Information Plaza Osaka
A wide variety of useful information for everyday living and business is available to foreigners living in Osaka.
Osaka Municipal Housing Information Center and Osaka Museum of Housing and Living
The Osaka Municipal Housing Information Center offers information and consultations on public and private housing in Osaka.
Osaka Museum of Housing and Living
The museum exhibits replicas of traditional Osaka houses and streets, allowing visitors to learn about Osaka's living culture.
Child education: Osaka YMCA international school is in Bentencho Osaka City.
Historically, Osaka and Kobe have been known for an abundance of foreign schools, foreigners' housing, churches, foreign clubs, and shops for foreigners. Osaka is home to Senri International School and Osaka YMCA International School as well as many Japanese language schools.
Map of international schools in the Kansai region
Recreational activities : Sports Paradise, Osaka is ideal sporting environment for both players and fans.
Osaka City is involving in international sports and working to make the concept, "Sports Paradise, Osaka" a reality with sophisticated athletic facilities that make playing and watching sports even more exciting.
Osaka City Harf Marathon
Nagai Stadium
Maishima Baseball Stadium
Maishima Sports Island
Maishima Sports Island
Maishima Sports Island, a reclamation site located in Osaka bay area, offers baseball fields, a gymnasium, and accommodations. You can enjoy sports and the recreations, in a wonderful atmosphere enclosed in sea and nature.
Medical services: Reliable medical information sources are available.
Osaka City is working to offer medical services that better meet the needs of foreigners living in Osaka.
Information Plaza Osaka provides a listing of hospitals with staff who speak English and other foreign languages, in addition to offering information about medical insurance and health consultation in English through its website. [ http://www.ih-osaka.or.jp/enjoy/en/ ]
Hospitals in Osaka City where medical services are available in foreign languages
AMDA International Medical Information Center Kansai: English, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese
International Medical Information and Consultation Service (Inter Medix): English
Maternity passbook in eight foreign languages
