Arab News Japan

The Tokyo Coronavirus Support Center for Foreign Residents (TOCOS) will stop its operations by March 31, after the service was launched by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government last year.

The service was started as an emergency response to help foreign nationals deal with any inquiries about the coronavirus pandemic.

Starting from April, Tokyo Multilingual Consultation Navi (TMC Navi), operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation TSUNAGARI, which was established last October, will expand its services to take over the functions of TOCOS, and will continue closely partnering with various specialized offices to assist foreign nationals with consultations concerning COVID-19 and its effect on their lives.

The service will support foreigners in 14 languages including Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Nepalese, Hindi, Thai, Portuguese, Spanish, Indonesian, French and Russian.