Tokyo
Legal Assistance
Legal
assistance is the kind of assistance
that you might need anytime anywhere.
You never know when you might get
involved in a traffic accident and
need to claim damages or insurance;
or be cheated in a business deal;
or face fraud, theft, extortion
etc; or perhaps even have an immigration
problem that needs to be resolved.
It is not such a big problem if
you are in your home country because
you know where to go in case of
need. But when in a foreign land,
it does become a little worrisome.
This is because you worry about
where to go, whom to approach, whether
the people you go to will understand
your language or not, and so on.
But you need not worry when in Tokyo.
The
Tokyo legal assistance is among
the best, with several counseling
and advisory services available
to foreign residents and visitors.
Given
below is a list of legal counseling
and advisory centers, as well as lawyers,
in Tokyo who provide legal assistance
in English to foreigners. You may
get in touch with any one of them,
depending on what kind of service
you need.
•
Legal
Counseling
Center for Foreigners by the Bar
Association of Tokyo
Run
by the Bar Association of Tokyo
, the Center provides consultations
to foreigners on all legal matters.
Address:
Bar Association Legal Counseling
Center, Yotsuya Ekimae Build., 2F
1-4 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku
Tel:
03-5367-5280
•
Tokyo
Metropolitan Government Foreign
Residents'
Advisory Center
Run
by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government,
the Center provides consultations
to foreigners on all legal matters.
Address:
No.1
Building (3rd floor), Tokyo Metropolitan
Government, 2-8-1 Nishi-Shinjuku,
Shinjuku-ku
Tel:
03-5320-7744
•
Immigration
Information
Center
Run
by the Tokyo
Regional Immigration Bureau, the
Center offers advice on questions
relating to immigration and visa
procedures.
Address:
5-5-30
Konan, Minato-ku
Tel: 03
- 5976-7111
•
Human
Rights Counseling Center for Foreign
Residents
Offers
consultations concerning human rights
violations.
Address:
6F, Iidabashi Common Government
Office, Koraku 1-9-20, Iidabashi
Godo Chosha, Bunkyo-ku
Tel:
03- 5689-6518
•
Tokyo
Employment
Service Center
for Foreigners
Run
by the Ministry of Health, Labor
and Welfare, the Center provides
employment-related information to
international students and people
with technical skills.
Address:
1F, Hello Work Shinjuku Bldg., 2-42-10
Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku
Tel:
03-3204-8609
Web:
http://www.tfemploy.go.jp/
•
Foreign
Students' Advisory Center
Provides
consultations to foreign students
regarding living, studying, and
working in Tokyo .
Address:
Asia Bunka Kaikan, 2-12-13 Honkomagome,
Bunkyo-ku
Tel:
03-3946-7565
Lawyers
providing legal assistance in English
to foreign residents and tourists:
•
Anderson
Mori & Tomotsune
Civil,
corporate, property tax, foreign
investment
Address: 1-6-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tel: 03-6888-1000
Web: http://www.andersonmoritomotsune.com/en/
•
Blakemore
& Mitsuki
Corporate
law, mergers and acquisitions, commercial
and investment banking regulations,
litigation
Address:
1-4-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-3503-5571
Web: www.blakemore.gr.jp
•
Hamayotsu
& Hamayotsu
Civil,
Corporate, Domestic and international
law, foreign investment, criminal,
family, immigration
Address:
2nd Floor, Nagatacho Palaceside
Building , 1-11-4 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-3593-3351, Fax: 03-3593-3399
E-mail: lawfirm.hamayotsu@nifty.ne.jp
•
Herbert
Smith
Dispute
resolution, energy, projects
Address:
Midtown Tower , 41st Floor, 9-7-1
Akasaka, Minato-ku
Tel: 03-5412-5412, Fax: 03-5412-5413
E-mail: Steve.Lewis@HerbertSmith.com
Website: www.herbertsmith.com/Locations/HerbertSmithTokyo/
•
Ishizawa,
Ko & Sato Law Office
American
law, Civil, Commercial, Corporate,
Litigation, Unfair Competition
Address:
17th Floor, Fukoku Seimei Building
, 2-2-2 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku
Tel:
03-3508-0721, Fax: 03-3508-0725
•
Jones
Day
Corporate,
government, regulations, civil,
criminal, general practice
Address: Shiroyama MT Bldg, 4-1-17
Toranomon, Minato-ku
Tel:
03-3433-3939, Fax: 03-6800-1886
E-mail: tsano@jonesday.com
•
Koichi
Yonekawa Law Office
Civil,
criminal and commercial law including
traffic accidents, family, real
estate, trademark, labor and debt
Address: Liberty 14 Bldg 6F, 1-17-14
Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku
Tel:
03-3595-1189, Fax: 03-3595-1289
•
Masayuki
Honda Law Office
Bankruptcy,
Copyright Law, Corporation Law,
Criminal Law, Criminal Cases for
Foreigners, Immigration, International
Child Abduction, International Divorce,
International Litigation, International
Transaction and Contract Making,
Probate, Trademarks, Traffic Accidents
and Unfair Competition Practice.
Address:
Ebisu Duplex R's 301, 2-19-7 Ebisu-Minami,
Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo 150-0022, Japan
Tel:
Tel: 03-3760-8192, Fax: 03-5204-8599
E-mail: mail@honda-law.net
Website: http://www.honda-law.net/english/
•
Satsuki
Law Office
Adoption,
Automobile Accidents, Child Custody,
Civil Damages, Corporate, Criminal,
Divorce, Estates, Government Relations,
Immigration/Visas, Labor Relations.
Address: Dai-Ni Tobundo Bldg. 3F,
2-16 Ageba-cho, Shinjuku Ku
Tel: 03-5261-8291, Fax: 03-5261-8303
Email: satsukih@xd.so-net.ne.jp
•
Takatori
International Law & Patent Office
Anti-Trust,
Commercial law, Contracts, Copyright,
Domestic Relations, General civil
practice, Immigration, Imports &
Exports, Labor & Management,
Licensing, Patents, Real Estate,
Securities, Trademarks, Wills .
Address: Room 301 Kamiya Building
, 32-6, Minami Ikebukuro 2-chome,
Toshima-ku
Tel: 03-3983-8011, Fax: 03-3983-8010
Email: TaketoriLaw@aol.com
•
Tanaka
Law Office
Civil,
criminal, company law
Address:
Maison Hirakawa Suite 504 , 2-5-2
Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-3230-3300, Fax: 03-3230-1010
•
Tsukasa
Law Office
Business
Start-Up, Civil Disputes (including
Litigation), Commercial Disputes,
Compliance, Criminal Law, Family
Law, General Corporate, Immigration,
International Trade, Labor Relations,
Real Estate.
Address: Kojimachi K-118 Building
7F, 3-4 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku
Tel:
03-3556-0447, Fax: 03-3556-0448
Email: terada@tsukasa-law.com
