A to Z Index of Business Information

Here is an alphabetical listing of all of the services we provide in Japan for Americans. Please choose a topic to begin. Each topic will open in a new window, so you can always return to this listing. Links marked "external link" will take you to other web sites.

A

Abduction (International Parental Child Abduction)
Abduction in Japan (International Parental Child Abduction)
Absentee Voting
Accommodations in Japan (external link)
Adding Pages to Your Passport
Adoption Agencies in Japan
Adoption
Affidavit
Air Travel Service Problems(external link)
Ambulance
Amending/Correcting the Consular Report of Birth
American State Offices Association
Animals (exporting from Japan)
Animals (importing into Japan)
Apostille
Arrest
ATMs
Attorneys in Japan (List by Prefecture)
Attorneys, Criminal Defense (Greater Tokyo Area)
Attorneys Specializing in Family Law, Divorce and Custody Issues
Attorneys Taking Depositions in Japan (Visa)
Attorneys (Procedures for Retaining a Foreign Attorney)(external link)
Attorneys in the U.S. (ABA Lawyer Referral Directory)
Avian Influenza

B

Baby (Baby's First PPT & Report of Birth in Japan)
Bird Flu
Birth Certificate from U.S. States (external link)
Birth Certificate for Americans Born Abroad
Birth Certificate for Americans Born Abroad - How to Amend/Correct
Burial Flags for Veterans (external link)

C

Calling for Help
Changing Your Name in Your Passport
Checks
Chemical and Biological Agents Fact Sheet
Child Abduction - general (International Parental Child Abduction)
Child Abduction in Japan (International Parental Child Abduction)
Child Citizenship Act of 2000(external link)
Child Support Issues
Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program (external link)
Child's PPT/Birth/Social Security
China, Visas for
Churches and Places of Worship
Country Specific Information for Japan
Consular Offices in Japan
Consular Report of Birth
Consular Vital Records - Birth
Consular Vital Records - Death
Consular Vital Records - Certificate of Witness to Marriage
Contact Information and Hours
Counseling Services
Credit Cards
Crime Victim (external link)
Crime Victim
Criminal Record Checks from the U.S. for U.S. Citizens (external link)
Criminal Record Checks from Tokyo for U.S. Citizens (external link)
Currency exchange and checks
Customs

D

Death
Death Certificate (Consular Report of Death) - How to Apply (external link)
Dentists
Deposition in Tokyo
Deposition in Osaka
Deposition Video Services
Detectives
Dialing Internationally
Disaster Preparedness
Divorce
Divorce Abroad
DNA and Parentage Blood Testing
DNA Testing Facilities
Driving in Japan: Driver's License (International and Japanese)
Doctors
Domestic Violence - Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center
Domestic Violence - Resources for Victims
Downloadable Forms
Dual Nationality

E

Earthquake
Eldercare Locator (external link)
Eldercare: National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (external link)
Eldercare: Medicare Site for Caregivers (external link)
Tokyo Government Emergency Preparedness Information (external link)
Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
Emergency Funds Transfer
Emergency Phone Numbers in Japan
Employment in Japan
Employment Problem
English Newspapers in Japan
English Speaking Schools
Entry into Japan (Fingerprint/Photo Requirements)
Evacuations (non-medical; see also medevac)
Evidence, Obtaining Abroad
Exchange Rates for Federal Income Tax Filing
Exporting Pets from Japan

F

Family Law Attorneys in Japan
Federal Benefits
Financial Arrangements - ATMs, Credit Cards, Currency Exchange and checks, MoneyGram, Emergency Funds Transfer
Finding someone in Japan
Fingerprints
Fire Department, Calling
First Passport (baby)
Flags for Veterans
Foreign Embassies in Tokyo (external link)
Foreign Resident Advisory Services: Tokyo (external link)
Foreign Service Exam
Forms (downloadable versions)
Freedom of Information Act (external link)
Fukuoka, Ward Offices (external link)

G

Green Card

H

Help, sources of
Health Insurance in Japan (external link)
Holidays (American & Japanese)
Hospitals
Hours and Contact Information

I

ID Fraud
Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)
Immigration Information Centers (external link)
Immigration Bureau of Japan(external link)
Immunization Information (external link)
Importing Medication into Japan for Personal Use
Importing Pets into Japan
Insurance, Japanese Medical Insurance
International Driver's License
International Parental Child Abduction - general
International Parental Child Abduction in Japan
International Schools
International Telephone Dialing Instructions
International Travel
Interpreters
IRS
IRS Scams

J

Japan, Country Specific Info
Japanese Embassy & Consulates in the U.S. (external link)
Japanese Immigration Information Centers (external link)
Japanese Language Institutes
Japanese Law Translation(external link)
Japanese Tax Information (external link)
Japanese Pension System(external link)
Judicial Assistance in Japan including Service of Process, and Obtaining Evidence

K

L

Labor Problem
Lawyers in Japan (List by Prefecture)
Lawyers Specializing in Family Law, Divorce and Custody Issues
Lawyers in the U.S. (ABA Lawyer Referral Directory)
Legal Counseling for Foreigners (Japan Federation of Bar Associations)
License to Drive (International and Japanese)
Links to Web Sites Useful for Americans in Japan
Living In Osaka (Information for Foreign Residents) (external link)
Living Information by Tokyo Government (Information for Foreign Residents in Japan) (external link)
Locating an Adult/a Child
Lost Passport

M

Map to the Embassy
Maps to Various Hospitals (external link)
Marriage
Marriage Certificates, Obtaining from Japan.
Marriage Certificate - Consular records before May 1, 1985
Marriage in America
Marriage in Japan
Marriage of U.S. Citizens Abroad
Medical Evacuation Assistance in Tokyo
Medical Insurance System in Japan(external link)
Medical Resources
Medicare Site for Caregivers (external link)
Medication, Importing into Japan for Personal Use
Mental institutions
Missing Persons Overseas
Missing Persons
MoneyGram
Money Transfer (Emergency)

N

Name change in Passport
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM)(external link)
Naturalization for Spouses of Americans
New Born Baby
Newsletters (ACS Monthly Community Updates)
Notary/Notarials

O

Obtaining Marriage Certificates from Japan
Obtaining Evidence Abroad
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Osaka Ward Offices (external link)

P

Parental Child Abduction - general (International Parental Child Abduction)
Parental Child Abduction in Japan (International Parental Child Abduction)
Passport
Passport Name change
Pets (Requirements for entry into Japan)
Pets (Procedures before departing from Japan)
Police, Calling
Police Stations in Tokyo (external link)
Police Clearances from the U.S. for U.S. Citizens (external link)
Police Clearances from Tokyo for U.S. Citizens (external link)
Power of Attorney
Prisoner Transfer
Privacy Act
Authorization for the Release of Information under the Privacy Act (Privacy Act Waiver form)

Q

R

Rail Road Retirement Board
Radiological and Nuclear Incidents
Real Estate Agencies
Record of My Travel In and Out of the U.S.
Registration with the Embassy
Renew My Existing Passport (adult)
Renew My Existing Passport (child)
Renunciation of U.S. Citizenship
Report of Birth
Report of Death
Road Safety Overseas

S

Safety & Security
Scams (IRS)
Schools (Japanese Language Schools)
Schools (International Schools)
Security Guidelines for Flight
Selective Service Registration - (Access trouble? Click here.)
Services for U.S. Military
Service of Process in Japan
Sign/Signature Certificates
Single Affidavit of Competency to Marry
Social Security
State Offices in Japan - American States Offices Association (ASOA)
Study in Japan (external link)

T

Tax
Tax Office Information - Japanese Income Tax (in English) (external link)
Tax Return Preparers
Tax Scams
Telephonic Bomb Threats
Telephone Dialing Instructions
Terror Attack
Tips for Traveling to China (external link)
Tokyo Gov't Earthquake Preparedness Information (external link)
Tokyo Immigration Information Center (external link)
Tokyo Living Guide by Tokyo Metropolitan Government (external link)
List of Tokyo Ward/City Offices (external link)
Tokyo Ward/City Offices' Consultation for Foreigners in English (external link)
Tokyo's Transportation (external link)
Tourist (Japan National Tourist Organization) (external link)
Tourist Complaints (external link)
Transit through Narita Airport
Translation templates for passport applications
Translators
Transportation (Japan) (external link)
Travel Alerts
Travel Records (U.S. Entry/Exit)
Travel Warnings
Tsunami Tips
Typhoon Tips

U

U.S. Military Services

V

Victim of a Crime Overseas (external link)
Victim of a Crime Overseas (internal link)
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
Visas for Americans
Visas to Study or Travel to the US
Vital Records
Voting Information

W

Ward Offices in Fukuoka (external link)
Ward Offices in Osaka (external link)
Ward Offices in Tokyo (external link)
Warden Messages
Working in Japan
Worship, Places of

X

Y

Z