The Akashi Newsletter (Koho Akashi) is a newsletter published by Akashi City. It releases on the 1st and the 15th of each month. There are many announcements in each issue of the Akashi Newsletter. We have selected five of the most important or useful announcements and translated them into English.

Announcements in the December 15th Issue

Information About Hospitals and Clinics That Will Stay Open from December 30th to January 3^rd

• During the winter holiday period from December 30^th to January 3^rd, many hospitals and clinics will be closed.  To see a list of what hospitals and clinics will still be open in case you get hurt or sick and need to get a medical examination or treatment, please check the Easy Japanese (やさしい日本語) page.  You can find a list of hospitals and clinics that will stay open on that page.
• During the period from December 30^th to January 3^rd, many people will be using the hospitals and clinics that stay open.  If you can, please try to use the clinics by December 29^th or earlier to keep them from getting too crowded.
• Please don’t go to the hospital or clinic with a large group of people.
• The hospitals or clinics where you can get a medical examination may end up changing.
• For more information, please check the Akashi Medical Association (明石市医師会, Akashi-shi Ishikai) website.

Notification About When the Official Document Creation Service at Convenience Stores Will be Closed for the Holidays

If you use your My Number card, you can use the multi-function copy machine at convenience stores to print out various official documents.  For example, you can print out a copy of the Certificate of Residence (住民票, juuminhyou), which shows your current address.  Because you can print out these official documents at convenience stores, you don’t have to go all the way to city hall to get them.

However, from December 29^th to January 3^rd, this service will not be available.  Please be careful and print out any documents that you need outside of those days.

If you have any questions about this article, please check one of the following two departments:

• For Certificates of Residence, Certificates of Seal Registration (印鑑証明, inkanshoumeisho), or other similar documents, please contact the Citizen Services Division (市民課, shiminka).  Their phone number is 078-918-5020.  Their fax number is 078-918-5138.
• For Income Certificates (所得証明, shotokushoumei), Taxation Certificates (課税証明, kazeishoumei), or other similar documents, please contact the Citizen Taxation Division (市民税課, shiminzeika).  Their phone number is 078-918-5014.  Their fax number is 078-918-5104.