Hello Work Kumamoto: job search, with interpreters on some Thursdays

Key facts

What they do

A public employment office that gives job consultations and job referrals, and helps with seminars, application documents and practice interviews. It also gives job consultations for people who need individual support, including foreign nationals.

Who can use it

The office covers Kumamoto City, except the Uekimachi area of Kita Ward and the Jonanmachi and Tomiaimachi areas of Minami Ward. To use its services you first register as a job seeker.

Open to foreign residents

Yes The office lists foreign nationals among the people it gives individual job consultations to.

Website languages

Japanese The Kumamoto Labour Bureau website is in Japanese. It offers automatic machine translation into English, Chinese and Korean.

Languages at the counter

Not stated by the organizer. Ask them: 096-371-8609.

Languages by phone

Not stated by the organizer. Ask them: 096-371-8609.

Interpreting

English and Chinese interpreters are at the office on Thursdays, 13:00-16:00, 4 times a month, according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare list of August 2026. The list gives 096-371-8264 as the phone number for Hello Work Kumamoto.

How to apply or book

In person, Online form Register as a job seeker at the office. Opening a Job Seeker My Page online first makes registration smoother, and some services (online job consultations, messages about job applications) work through it.

What to bring

Not stated by the organizer. Ask them: 096-371-8609.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 8:30-17:15 (closed on weekends, national holidays and over the New Year).

Address

6-1-38 Oe, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 862-0971
〒862-0971 熊本市中央区大江6-1-38 Map

Getting there

7 minutes on foot from Suizenji Station (JR). 3 minutes on foot from the Kaishin Koko-mae (開新高校前) bus stop (Kumamoto Toshi Bus).

Contact

096-371-8609 Main number. The interpreter list gives 096-371-8264 for Hello Work Kumamoto.

Official page

jsite.mhlw.go.jp

1. What you can do there

Hello Work Kumamoto (ハローワーク熊本, officially 熊本公共職業安定所) is a public employment office run by the national government. Staff give job consultations and introduce you to job openings. They also help with seminars, checking your application documents and practice interviews.

The office says it gives job consultations to people who need individual support, and it names foreign nationals among them.

2. Is this my Hello Work?

Hello Work Kumamoto covers Kumamoto City, except the Uekimachi area of Kita Ward and the Jonanmachi and Tomiaimachi areas of Minami Ward. Kikuyo Town and Ozu Town are in Kikuchi District (菊池郡), which the Kumamoto Labour Bureau’s list places under Hello Work Kikuchi (ハローワーク菊池).

3. How to start

Starting a job search at Hello Work Kumamoto

If you can, open a Job Seeker My Page (求職者マイページ) on a smartphone first. The office says this makes registration smoother.
Go to the office and register as a job seeker. You need to register to use its services.
Talk with staff about the work you want, and ask them to introduce you to job openings.

With a My Page, you can also save job searches, see the jobs you applied for, and use online job consultations. Opening a My Page online does not give you every service; for the rest, ask the office.

The office’s pages do not list what to bring when you register; ask them before you go.

4. Can I get help in English?

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省) publishes a list of Hello Work offices with interpreters. In the August 2026 list, Hello Work Kumamoto has English and Chinese interpreters on Thursday afternoons, 4 times a month. The list does not say which Thursdays, so call the number in Key facts to check the dates before you go.

The Kumamoto Labour Bureau website is in Japanese, with machine translation into English, Chinese and Korean.