フィリピン編 Philippines Version

The number of foreign residents has been increasing in recent years.

Foreign parents who are raising their children in Japan may have experienced much confusion due to the languages barrier as well as the difference in culture and healthcare systems.

 

We have also been told by public health nurses and nursery teachers that they find it difficult to communicate with foreign parents despite the presence of a translator.

Therefore, we have prepared this handbook with an eye to supporting both foreign parents who have different culture backgrounds and healthcare professional in Japan. In this handbook, we use four-frame cartoons to describe common situations in order to help foreign parents familiarize themselves with child -rearing experiences in Japan and to enhance their interest in Japanese healthcare systems and services.

 

Each cartoon is accompanied by relevant information about Japanese healthcare systems and services.

We have also added information of the cultural backgrounds of foreign parents for Japanese healthcare professionals. 

 

We hope that this handbook will help foreign parents and Japanese healthcare professionals understand the culture and healthcare systems of different countries.

 

In Aichi Prefecture where we are based in, we have many residents from the Philippines and Brazil. For this reason, as an experiment, we have decided to prepare this handbook for Philippines and Brazilian residents.

 

On behalf of Authors