Sumida City Multicultural Coexistence Promotion Plan "Let's Communicate in Plain Japanese!" Video Series Launch

Sumida City is home to over 11,000 foreign residents. In order to reach people of foreign origin, the city has set up a section on its website called "For Foreign Residents (Information in Plain Japanese)". The city is also actively working on "Plain Japanese" resources, such as "We inform you about the new coronavirus in Plain Japanese".
They also made five videos to introduce "Plain Japanese" to Japanese people who do not know how to speak to foreigners in their neighborhood.

Sumida City made five videos, "Greetings," "Putting out the trash," "Separating the trash," "Let's attend a disaster drill!" and "Clinics open on holidays," assuming close contact between foreigners and native residents living in the neighborhood.　Each video consists of the following three parts;

Let's speak in Plain Japanese
Let's ask them in Plain Japanese
Key points of Plain Japanese

The "Let's communicate in Plain Japanese!" series of videos were made with the cooperation of Sumida City residents, as well as that of foreign residents. The message of these videos is that if you see a foreigner living in your town, why don't you speak to them in Japanese first? Using Plain Japanese, communication within the town will become even more vibrant.

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