Chuo 中央区
Last verified 2026-07-10
Consultation desk for foreign residents
Chuo City Foreign-Language Interpretation Service
中央区外国語通訳サービス
Address: Chuo City Head Office, 1-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8404 (also at branches and health centers) — Open in Google Maps
Hours: Mon–Fri 8:30–17:00 (some counters Wed until 19:00; closed holidays, year-end)
Phone: 0570-054222
Languages:
- English
- Chinese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Vietnamese
- Tagalog
- Nepali
- Indonesian
- Thai
- Russian
- Hindi
- French
Call-center and tablet video interpretation at the counters.
Garbage sorting guide (English)
Garbage — English guide page www.city.chuo.lg.jp
Ward office
1-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8404
Phone: 03-3543-0211
Mon–Fri 8:30–17:00 (Wed until 19:00 and Sun 9:00–17:00 for some services)
Moving-in procedures page
https://www.city.chuo.lg.jp/en/live/moving.html www.city.chuo.lg.jp
Authored English page: moving-in notification within 14 days, with the document list.
Procedures you will do at this office
National Health Insurance 国民健康保険
If your employer doesn't insure you, join NHI at your ward office. With the card, you pay 30% at the hospital instead of 100%.
National Pension 国民年金
Everyone living in Japan aged 20–59 must join, any nationality. Employees are covered automatically — everyone else enrolls at the ward office. Low income can be exempted.
Residence card address 在留カード住所変更
Your residence card must show your current address — but there is no separate trip: it happens at the ward office when you register.
Resident registration 転入届・住民票
Register your new address at your ward office within 14 days of moving in. This creates your jūminhyō (resident record), which almost everything else depends on.