A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization opened a temporary telephone hotline Monday to answer questions from foreign residents on anything from visa problems and racial discrimination to finding a doctor.
Organized by the Asian People's Friendship Society (APFS), the three-day service comes amid a weeklong government campaign to boost awareness of other people's human rights.
The hotline is giving callers access to third-party counselors, lawyers and interpreters. Whether the problem is social, workplace-related or financial, they will try to help — and can do so in English, Chinese, Korean and Tagalog.