wwwmichi@gmx.ch wrote:

> Where can I get free legal advice here in Tokyo Japan.
> 
> Thank you.

If you're over 60 and have resided in Japan for over 40 years, you 
qualify for free legal advice from your local bengoshi-kai's central 
directorate as a special program for the elderly that is subsidized by 
the central government.

If you are neither of the above, then the best you can do is a 30 minute 
consultation for Yen 5,000.  Tokyo Bengoshi-kai holds their advice 
sessions daily in the afternoons.  Others are held not as often.  If you 
don't speak Japanese you are SOL as no translation is provided.  Call 
your local bar association for their terms, prices, and calendar.  Tokyo 
Ichi and Ni-ban Bengoshi-kai are headquartered in Kasumigaseki, behind 
the District Court building and across from Hibiya Koen.

CL