Community Interpreting Research Seminar students create a Crime Prevention Guidebook for foreigners living in Fuchu City

January 22, 2026

On Friday, January 16, 2026, students from the Community Interpreting Research Seminar in the School of Language and Culture Studies held an online presentation for the “Crime Prevention Guidebook for Foreign Residents” as part of their internship program.
The Community Interpreting Research Seminar, in collaboration with Fuchu City and the Fuchu International Salon, has been working on creating an “Easy-to-Use Living Guide for Foreign Residents.” Previous themes have included “Disaster Preparedness,” “Garbage Disposal,” “High School Advancement,” “Public Facilities,” “Finding a Room,” “Walking Spots,” “Pregnancy and Childbirth,” “Moving-In Procedures,” and “Long-Term Care Insurance.”

This academic year, the focus was on creating the “Crime Prevention Guidebook for Foreign Residents.” This newly created guidebook is scheduled to be published online at a later date.
On the day of the presentation, after presentations on the guidebook's content and development process, an exchange of opinions took place between students and participants. During the breakout session discussion, lively debates occurred between seminar students and participants, including volunteers from the Fuchu International Salon.

Below are comments from students who participated in the completion presentation.

Ms. ENDO Kana (Vietnamese major, School of Language and Culture Studies)

Throughout this semester, we worked on creating the guidebook through trial and error regarding content, expression, and design. By incorporating the latest topics on crime prevention and adopting a perspective tailored for foreigners in the specific examples and cautionary content, I believe we created a guidebook unique to our Community Interpreting Research Seminar.
I was very happy to see so many people show interest and actively participate in the presentation session. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who cooperated in creating the guidebook and supporting the presentation session.

Ms. TAKAHASHI Sakura (Spanish major, School of Language and Culture Studies)

This semester, we repeatedly considered what would make a guidebook beneficial for foreign readers, and we were able to create a highly practical and easy-to-understand guidebook.
We learned a great deal through the actual process of using easy Japanese, making this an invaluable experience for students studying community interpreting. We sincerely hope many people will view this guidebook and that it will contribute to the safety of our readers' daily lives.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed to the creation of this guidebook, including the Fuchu City Hall and the Fuchu International Salon.

Ms. KAMIKURA Haruka (Cambodian major, School of Language and Culture Studies)

We included a wide range of content, from everyday crime prevention measures we typically take for granted to countermeasures against modern crimes.
To ensure the expressions and wording are easy for foreigners to understand, we sought opinions from the Fuchu International Salon and Japanese language learners, revising it many times before completion.
We sincerely thank everyone who contributed to its creation, especially Fuchu City Hall and the Fuchu International Salon. We hope many people will read it, and that this guidebook will help everyone live safely.