Please choose the prefecture in which you are seeking an English-speaking attorney. Prefectures not listed have no identified English-speaking attorneys available:

The US Government assumes no responsibility for the professional ability or reputation of the persons or practices whose names appear on the following list.

Aichi
Akita
Ehime
Fukui
Fukuoka
Fukushima
Gifu

Hiroshima
Hokkaido
Hyogo
Ishikawa
Iwate
Kagawa
Kagoshima

Kochi
Kumamoto
Kyoto
Mie
Miyazaki
Nagano

Nagoya
Naha
Nagasaki
Nara
Niigata
Oita
Okayama

Okinawa
Osaka
Saga
Saitama
Sapporo
Shiga
Shimane
Shizuoka

Tokushima
Tokyo
Tottori
Toyama
Wakayama
Yamaguchi
Yamanashi

The above-listed prefectures fall into the following U.S. Consular Districts:

Tokyo Consular District: Chiba, Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Nagano, Niigata, Saitama, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokyo, Yamagata, Yamanashi.

Osaka-Kobe Consular District: Aichi, Ehime, Fukui, Gifu, Hiroshima, Hyogo, Ishikawa, Kagawa, Kochi, Kyoto, Mie, Nara, Okayama, Osaka, Shimane, Shiga, Tokushima, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama.

Naha Consular District: Okinawa, the Amami Oshima Island group, parts of Kagoshima Prefecture.

Sapporo Consular District: Akita, Aomori, Hokkaido, Iwate and Miyagi.

Fukuoka Consular District: Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Oita, Saga and Yamaguchi.

Nagoya Consular District: Aichi, Gifu and Mie.



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