Leaving Okinawa

Table of Contents

Resource Center can assist you throughout the off-boarding process as smoothly as possible. Please contact the Resource Center if you need any assistance.

To-Do list

1. Housing lease contract Cancellation

You must notify your intention of move-out to your housing agency at least ONE MONTH PRIOR to your move-out day. For those who have OIST as your guarantor and you are moving out of Japan, you are required to have a pre house inspection about a week before your move-out date.

2. Fire Insurance cancellation

Notify your intention of your contract cancellation to your insurance company once your move-out date is confirmed. The fire insurance should be cancelled on the same day as your housing lease ending date.

3. Home Internet cancellation

Notify your intention of your contract cancellation to the internet company once the cancellation date is confirmed. Also, confirm your final payment method.

4. SIM Card/Phone Contract cancellation

SIM Card

Timing of SIM cancellation and its policy varies depending on SIM card companies.
Since most of the SIM companies charges monthly(→Most of the SIM companies only allow you to have your contract terminated at the end of the month even if you want to have it terminated in the middle of the month), your final bill will most likely be charged for the entire month.
The final bill is charged in the following month or two months later depending on your payment method.
The SIM card must be sent back to the company after the cancellation.

Phone Contract

Please visit the phone shop to cancel your contract and complete the final payment if you have a direct contract with a phone shop.

5. Utility Cancellation

The Resource Center can help you arrange the Utility cancellation (water, electricity, and gas). The cancellation appointments can be made about 2~3 weeks prior to the cancellation date by phone calls. Please bring the companies information to the Resource Center.

6. Car Insurance cancellation

Please cancel the contract by yourself.

7. Check Requirements for “Lump-Sum Withdrawal Payment” for Pension

Find more detail here

8. Sell/Dispose of the Car

More information here

9. Transfer/ Dispose of Personal Belongings

Transfer/Sell or donation
Disposal
Bulk or donation

10. Credit Card Termination

Please cancel your credit card if needed before you departure Japan.

11. Submit Move-out Notification

Please submit the move-out notification to your municipal office.

12. Child Allowance and Child Medical Expense Aide Termination

Please visit the municipal office and cancel them.

13. Garbage Disposal/Over-sized Waste Disposal

You must dispose over-sized trash properly as the way your municipal office decided. Usually, either you can arrange a pick-up by a municipal office or you can bring them to a designated place by your own. Please find more details here.