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MEXT E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
8th issue：February 9th, 2021
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（１） Translation of the overview of the "Important notification on responses to COVID-19 at elementary and junior and senior high schools based on the declaration of a state of emergency in accordance with the Act on Special Measures Concerning Measures against Novel Influenza (Notification, January 8, 2021)"
MEXT would like to announce that we have translated into English, Portuguese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese the overview of the "Important notification on responses to COVID-19 at elementary and junior and senior high schools based on the declaration of a state of emergency in accordance with the Act on Special Measures Concerning Measures against Novel Influenza (Notification, January 8, 2021)," which we sent to you on January 8, 2021. We are sending these translated versions for your reference and use. It would be appreciated if it would be utilized for the countermeasure against COVID-19.
For further details, please check the following website;
https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/kokusai/gaikoku/index_00002.htm
The notification mentions the need to announce to children the availability of counseling services for dealing with bullying and prejudice, etc. stemming from COVID-19 infections. Available counseling services in foreign languages are: the "Foreign-language Human Rights Hotline (Tel: 0570-090-911)," and “the human rights counseling offices for foreigners” (at Legal Affairs Bureaus and Regional Legal Affairs Bureaus across Japan). For further details, please check the following website by the Ministry of Justice.
http://www.moj.go.jp/JINKEN/jinken21.html
（２）Others
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To check the previous newsletters, please follow the steps by clicking the specified link below;
https://www.mext.go.jp/magazine/backnumber/symel_00001.htm
The website focusing on the schools for foreign students was launched in Plain Japanese on the MEXT's official website;
https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/kokusai/gaikoku/
Useful information for everyone at the schools for foreign students focusing on anti-COVID-19 measures will be provided in several languages, for the time being, so please regularly check our updates.
Thank you for reading this e-mail newsletter.
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文部科学省大臣官房国際課
「外国人学校・インターナショナルスクール メールマガジン」担当
E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
International Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, MEXT
Tel：03-5253-4111（Ex. 3222） E-mail：gaikokuzingakkou@mext.go.jp
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電話番号：03-5253-4111（内線3222）
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