{"id":667,"date":"2021-03-17T17:20:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T08:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/?p=667"},"modified":"2021-05-01T07:50:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T22:50:27","slug":"the-kochi-consultation-center-for-foreign-residents-is-calling-for-nicknames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/the-kochi-consultation-center-for-foreign-residents-is-calling-for-nicknames\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kochi Consultation Center for Foreign Residents is Calling for Nicknames!\uff1cEntry application closed\uff1e"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Please be advised the entry for the Center\u2019s Nickname started on March 1 was closed as of April 30. We would like to thank everyone, and it is much appreciated that we received so many entries. Selection of Grand Prize and Runner-Up Prizes is to be scheduled in late June. Each award winner of will be notified of the prize respectively, while the public announcement of the award winners will be posted on each website of Kochi Prefecture and Kochi Consultation Center for Foreign Residents. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Kochi Consultation Center for Foreign Residents turns two this end May 2021! As part of the anniversary celebration, we would like to invite the public to create a nickname for the Center. We are looking for a nickname that is both easily accepted by the people of Kochi, as well as easy to use by foreign residents. We look forward to receiving lovely nicknames from everyone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;background-color: #325dc2;border-style: solid;border-color: #696363;text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Regarding Kochi Consultation Center&#8217;s Call for Nicknames<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border-color: #696363;border-style: solid;background-color: #bef5f7;text-align: center\">Application Period<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #696363\">1st March 2021 (Mon) &#8211; 30th April 2021 (Fri) *must arrive by this date<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;border-color: #696363;border-style: solid;background-color: #bef5f7;text-align: center\">Application<br \/>\nDetails<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #696363\">\u30fbAnyone can apply. Each person may submit up to three entries. Each entry should be done on one piece of application form.<br \/>\n\u30fbEntries must be the applicant&#8217;s original work, unpublished, and not copied or appropriated from any other work.<br \/>\n\u30fbThe nickname should be written in Japanese (i.e. hiragana \/ katakana \/ romaji \/ kanji). Even if the nickname is derived from a non-Japanese language, please write it in Japanese. For example : \u4f60\u597d \u2192 \u30cb\u30fc\u30cf\u30aa<br \/>\nWhen using romaji or kanji, please also write down how to pronounce them.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;text-align: center;border-color: #696363;border-style: solid;background-color: #bef5f7\">Prizes<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #696363\">\u25a0Grand Prize (x1)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Prize Money of 30,000 yen<br \/>\n\u25a0Runner-Up Prizes (x2) Prize Money of 10,000 yen<br \/>\n*High school students and younger will receive the prizes as book vouchers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;text-align: center;border-color: #696363;border-style: solid;background-color: #bef5f7\">Judging<br \/>\nProcess<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #696363\">The Center\u2019s Nickname Selection Committee (tentative name) will select the winning entries in end June. If the winning nickname is one that has been submitted by multiple people, the winner will be determined by a draw. The nickname entry that wins the grand prize will be used as the nickname for the Center.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;text-align: center;border-color: #696363;border-style: solid;background-color: #bef5f7\">Announcement of Results<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #696363\">Winners will be notified directly, and results will be announced on the websites of Kochi Prefecture and the Center.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;text-align: center;border-color: #696363;border-style: solid;background-color: #bef5f7\">How to Apply<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;border-style: solid;border-color: #696363\">Please read the application guidelines and send in the application form below. Or you may choose to fill in the application form on the back of the flyer and send it by post, fax or in person. If you apply via postcard or email, please ensure that all the required information is written down before sending it to us.<br \/>\n\u30fc\u30fc\u30fc\u30fc\u30fc\u30fc\u30fc\uff1cFor Application\uff1e\u30fc\u30fc\u30fc\u30fc\u30fc\u30fc\u30fc\u30fc\u30fc<br \/>\n<strong>Kochi Consultation Center for Foreign Residents<\/strong><br \/>\n\u30fbFor Post\/Walk-in: Marunouchi Building 1st\u3000Floor, 4-1-37, Honmachi, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan 780-0870<br \/>\n\u30fbFor Fax: 088-821-6441<br \/>\n\u30fbFor Email: consultation@kccfr.jp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a class=\"q_button bt_blue\" href=\"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/36fd0ff8f361bbb5412c5ba22b5ce39a.pdf\">Application Guidelines \uff08PDF\uff09<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"q_button bt_blue\" href=\"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/aisho-boshu-mailform\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Application Form\u3000<\/a>\u3000\u3000<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u3010Entry application closed\u3011<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"style4b\" style=\"border-left-color: #000000\">Flyer\u3010PDF\u3011<\/h4>\n<p>\u203bApplication Form is on the second page<a href=\"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/b60e37c090f928da91a765016a2c9359.pdf\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/912b4538802cb01d2f23e58148e52573.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-684\" src=\"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/ab9976b4fd46c55d78e606840c380ffc-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/ab9976b4fd46c55d78e606840c380ffc-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/ab9976b4fd46c55d78e606840c380ffc-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/ab9976b4fd46c55d78e606840c380ffc-768x1089.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/ab9976b4fd46c55d78e606840c380ffc.jpg 1011w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"style4b\" style=\"border-left-color: #000000\">For Inquiries<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Kochi Consultation Center for Foreign Residents<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Marunouchi Building 1st Floor, 4-1-37, Honmachi, Kochi City,<br \/>\nKochi Prefecture, Japan 780-0870<br \/>\nTel: 088-821-6440\u3000Fax: 088-821-6441<br \/>\nEmail: consultation@kccfr.jp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Please be advised the entry for the Center\u2019s Nickname started on March 1 was closed as of April 30. We would like to thank everyone, and it is much appreciated that we received so many entries. Selection of Grand Prize and Runner-Up Prizes is to be scheduled in late June. Each award winner of will be notified of the prize respectively, while the public announcement of the award winners will be posted on each website of Kochi Prefecture and Kochi Consultation Center for Foreign Residents. The Kochi Consultation Center for Foreign Residents turns two this end May 2021! As part of the anniversary celebration, we would like to invite the [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":738,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions\/738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kccfr.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}