Center for Multicultural Society Kyoto offers resources for medical interpreter training, and can arrange interpretation and translation services in a variety of languages. Medical guidebooks are also available in foreign languages for non-Japanese residents.
Medical interpreter dispatch is available for the Kyoto and Hirakata areas, and information on a multi-language medical interpreter network in Shiga Prefecture is provided.
Languages Spoken: English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian, Malay, German, Thai, Filipino, Vietnamese, Cantonese, French, Italian, Arabic (other languages may be available upon inquiry)