Foreign-Language Information at Your Fingertips! Please Use Shinjuku City’s SNS Foreign-Language Editions

Shinjuku City has established Facebook, Twitter, LINE@ and Weibo accounts (“Shinjuku News”) in foreign languages to keep foreign residents informed about city administrative programs and present disaster-related information. Please read the following points and take advantage of the city’s many SNS channels.

●Account Information

○Facebook
Account name: しんじゅくニュース/Shinjuku News/新宿新闻/신주쿠 뉴스
Languages: Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean (joint text)

○Twitter
Account name:

• Japanese: しんじゅくニュース@shinjuku_news_j
• English: Shinjuku News@shinjuku_news_e
• Chinese: 新宿新闻@shinjuku_news_c
• Korean: 신주쿠 뉴스@shinjuku_news_k

○LINE@
Please register as a friend by putting the desired language ID in the “ID search” search engine from the “Add Friend” button of “Other” in LINE.

• Japanese-language ID: @shinjuku_news_j
• English-language ID: @shinjuku_news_e
• Chinese-language ID: @shinjuku_news_c
• Korean-language ID: @shinjuku_news_k

Please register as a friend and specify your desired language under “QR code” from the “Add Friend” button of “Other” in LINE.

Japanese	English	Chinese	Korean

○ Weibo
Account name: 新宿新闻
Account URL: http://weibo.com/ShinjukuNews
Note: This website is in Chinese only.

●Management/Maintenance

Multicultural Society Promotion Division, Regional Promotion Department, Shinjuku City

●Operational Policy

• As a rule, the information posted will be the same for Facebook, Twitter, LINE@ and Weibo
• These pages are used exclusively to disseminate information

●Posting Hours

As a rule, posting hours will be from Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., although information may be posted at other times as well.

●Concerning Replies

There will be no replies made to comments on posts. Please contact the responsible city office desk directly concerning the content posted.

●Prohibited Behavior

• Content that is illegal or has the potential of being illegal
• Content that opposes public order and morals
• Content that is false (or not factual), or rumors or content that promotes rumors
• Improper expressions, including violent or obscene language
• Content that infringes on the copyrights, trademark, portrait rights or intellectual property rights of Shinjuku City or a third party
• Content that slanders Shinjuku City, or a specific individual or group
• Content that identifies, displays or leaks information without the approval of the person in question
• Contents that discriminate against a race, ideology or creed, or promotes discrimination
• Content with the objective of promoting political activity or religious activity
• Content with the objective of advertising, publicizing, soliciting or promoting business
• Content that has no relevance to the objective of these accounts
• Other content that Shinjuku City determines as inappropriate

●Disclaimers

• Shinjuku City is not responsible for any trouble or damage that arises between users related to any of the accounts
• Shinjuku City is not responsible for any trouble or damage that arises between a user and a third party related to any of the accounts
• Shinjuku City does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness and usefulness of information supplied on any of the accounts
• Shinjuku City will not be responsible for any other damage that arises related to any of the accounts
• The policies of these accounts are subject to change without warning

●Other

These accounts will conform to the guidelines related to the use of social media of the employees of Shinjuku City and accepted content management policies.

• Guidelines Related to the Use of Social Media of Shinjuku City Employees (in Japanese)
• Facebook page “しんじゅくニュース/Shinjuku News/新宿新闻/신주쿠 뉴스” Management Policies
• Twitter “Shinjuku News” Management Policies
• LINE@ “Shinjuku News” Management Policies
• Weibo 新宿新闻 Operation Policy

Please follow the official Shinjuku City Twitter account (in Japanese) as well.