You Are Not Alone (Cabinet Office)

“You Are Not Alone” (あなたはひとりじゃない) is a support-finding website run by the Cabinet Office’s loneliness and isolation countermeasures unit (孤独・孤立対策推進室). It exists for anyone carrying a problem alone with no one to turn to, and its core tool is a chatbot that asks a few questions and then points you toward the support programs and contact points that fit your situation, drawn from a pool of around 150 government and community services. For a parent who feels isolated raising a child with a disability, this is a plain starting point when you are not sure which office or program you even need.

The site also keeps a dedicated section for people aged 18 and under, with counseling contacts and gentle guidance written for young people directly, which can matter for a teenager struggling in silence. Alongside the chatbot, it publishes an FAQ and short pieces from professionals, including social workers explaining how to make use of a consultation window and clinical psychologists offering self-care tips for hard days. The site is clear that using public support is everyone’s right and that consultation windows are bound by confidentiality, so what you share is not passed on without your consent.

This is a government information portal rather than a direct-service provider, so it connects you onward rather than counseling you itself. It is operated by the Cabinet Office in Nagatacho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, and the services it points to reach across the whole country through national and local windows. The site offers official pages in several languages including English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Vietnamese, Nepali, and Indonesian, which makes it unusually approachable for foreign residents looking for the right support in Japan.