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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.

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O	P	Q	R	S	T
U	V	W	X	Y	Z

A

Abduction (International Parental Child Abduction) (external link)
Absentee Voting
Accommodations in Japan (external link)
Adding Pages to Your Passport   
Adoption Agencies in Japan
Adoption (external link)
Affidavit   
Air Travel Service Problems(external link)
Ambulance
Amending/Correcting the Consular Report of Birth(external link)
American Center
Animals (exporting from Japan)
Animals (importing into Japan)
Anthrax
Arrest
Attorneys in Japan (List by Prefecture)
Attorneys, Criminal Defense (Greater Tokyo Area)
Attorneys (Procedures for Retaining a Foreign Attorney)(external link)
Attorneys in the U.S. (ABA Lawyer Referral Service)
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 (external link)
Birth Certificate for Americans Born Abroad - How to Amend/Correct(external link)
Burial Flags for Veterans

C

Changing Your Name in Your Passport   
Child Citizenship Act of 2000(external link)
Child Custody & Support (external link)
Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program (external link)
Child's PPT/Birth/Social Security   
China, Tips for Travel to (external link)
China, Visas for
Churches and Places of Worship
Consular Information Sheet for Japan (external link)
Consular Offices in Japan   
Consular Report of Birth   
Consular Vital Records - Birth, Death, Marriage (external link)
Contact Information and Hours
Counseling for Foreign Residents in Japan
Counseling for Illegal Residents in Japan
Criminal Record Checks from the U.S. for U.S. Citizens (external link)
Criminal Record Checks from Japan for U.S. Citizens (external link)
Customs

D

Death
Death Certificate (Consular Report of Death) - How to Apply (external link)
Dentists
Deposition
Detectives
Disaster Preparedness
Discrimination in the Workplace - Federal Employees (external link)
Divorce   
Divorce Overseas(external link)
DNA and Parentage Blood Testing (external link)
DNA Testing Facilities
Driving in Japan: Driver's License (International and Japanese)
Doctors
Downloadable Forms
Dual Nationality   

Earthquake
Eldercare (external link)
Tokyo Government Emergency Preparedness Information (external link)
Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
Employment in Japan
English Newspapers in Japan
English Speaking Schools
Evacuations (non-medical; see also medevac)
Evidence, Obtaining Abroad
Exchange Rates for Federal Income Tax Filing
Expeditious Naturalization for Spouses of Americans
Exporting Pets from Japan
Extending Your Passport's Validity   

Federal Benefits   
Financial Problems
Finding someone in Japan
Fingerprints
First Passport (baby)   
Flags for Veterans
Foreign Embassies in Tokyo (external link)
Foreign Resident Advisory Services: Tokyo (external link)
Foreign Service Exam in Tokyo
Forms (downloadable versions)
Freedom of Information Act (external link)
Fukuoka, Ward Offices (external link)

G

Green Card

Help (Source of Help)
HIV Testing Requirements for Entry into Foreign Countries (external link)
Health Insurance in Japan (external link)
Holidays (American & Japanese)
Hospitals
Hours and Contact Information

ID Fraud
Illegal Residents, Counseling
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
International Driver's License
International Schools
International Travel (external link)
Interpreters
IRS

Japan Residents, Counseling
Japanese Embassy & Consulates in the U.S. (external link)
Japanese Immigration Information Centers (external link)
Japanese Language Institutes
Japanese Tax Information (external link)
Japanese Pension System(external link)

L

Lawyers in Japan (List by Prefecture)
Lawyers in the U.S. (ABA Lawyer Referral Service)
Tax Information: Tokyo Gov't (in English) (external link)
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   
Lost Credit Cards Overseas (external link)

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

Naturalization for Spouses of Americans
New Born Baby   
Newsletters (ACS Monthly Community Updates)
Notary/Notarials   

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

Passport   
Pets (Requirements for entry into Japan)
Pets (Procedures before departing from Japan)
Police Clearances from the U.S. for U.S. Citizens (external link)
Police Clearances from Japan 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)

R

Rail Road Retirement Board
Real Estate Agencies
Registration with the Embassy
Renew My Existing Passport (adult)   
Renew My Existing Passport (child)   
Report of Birth   
Report of Death
Residence in Japan - Counseling
Road Safety Overseas

Safety & Security
Schools (Japanese Language Schools)
Schools (International Schools)
Selective Service Registration
Security Guidelines for Flight
Service of Process in Japan
Sign/Signature Certificates   
Single Affidavit of Competency to Marry   
Social Security   
Study in Japan (external link)

T

Tax
Tax Office Information - Japanese Income Tax (in English) (external link)
Tax Return Preparers
Telephonic Bomb Threats
Terror Attack
Tips for Traveling to China (external link)
Tokyo Gov't Earthquake Preparedness Information (external link)
Tokyo Immigration Information Center (external link)
List of Tokyo Ward/City Offices (external link)
Tokyo Gov't Offices (English consultation info) (external link)
Tokyo's Transportation (external link)
Tourist (Japan National Tourist Organization) (external link)
Tourist Complaints (external link)
Transit through Narita Airport
Translators
Transportation (Japan) (external link)
Travel Alerts (external link)
Tsunami Tips
Typhoon Tips

V

Veteran Affairs Department
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations(external link)
Visas for Americans
Visas to Study or Travel to the US
Vital Records   
Voting Information

Ward Offices in Fukuoka (external link)
Ward Offices in Osaka (external link)
Ward Offices in Tokyo (external link)
Warden Messages
Whistleblower Protection - for Federal Employees (external link)
Working in Japan
Worship, Places of

Y

Z