Local area guides

4 area guides, each built from the city or ward office pages listed at the bottom of that page. They cover where the operating organization has its welfare-service roots and the capital; they do not mark the edge of where we work. Ceilings and co-payment rules are national; waiting times and the name of the office you call are not.

Elder care in Yokohama

Elder care for foreign families in Yokohama: where to start, how the local support centers work, and how in-person support can help.

Elder care in Kawasaki

Elder care for foreign families in Kawasaki: the free city consultation and home-visit model, and how a Kanagawa operator coordinates locally.

Elder care in Fujisawa / Shonan

Elder care for foreign families in Fujisawa and the Shonan area: the locally named ikiiki support centers, and how in-person support can help.

Elder care in Tokyo

Elder care for foreign families in Tokyo: how to find your ward's support center when every ward renames it, and how JCC can help online and in person.

Anywhere else in Japan

Every municipality runs the same national system through its own desks, so the steps in these guides carry over to any city or town. The certification paperwork, the questions to ask a care manager and the English reporting do not need us in the room. Three things do, and we attend them wherever your parent lives.

For a parent in a rural town we also work alongside the local care manager and the district community support center. To see how the remote side runs, see online support for families abroad, or read how we help families abroad. Not sure where to start? Contact us with the city your parent lives in.