Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
The criteria prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as the " Act") is to be as listed in the table below, corresponding to the status of residence listed in the left-hand column, for the activities in which the person who has made an application as set forth in Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "the applicant") is to engage in Japan.
|Activities|Criteria||||||
|Activities listed in item (i) in the right-hand column under "Highly Skilled Professional" of Appended Table I(2) of the Act|The applicant comes under all of the following requirements beyond fulfilling the criteria listed in Article (1), paragraph (1) of the Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria in the Right-Hand Column under "Highly Skilled Professional" as Specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministerial Order No. 37 of 2014).|
||(i) The applicant comes under any of the following requirements.|
||(a) The activities which the applicant intends to engage in Japan come under one of the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to the categories under "Professor" to "Journalist" specified in Appended Table I(1) of the Act.|
||(b) The activities which the applicant intends to engage in while in Japan come under one of the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to the categories under "Business Manager" to "Skilled Labor" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act, and fulfill the criteria listed in the right-hand column corresponding to relevant activities in this table.|
||(ii) The activities which the applicant intends to engage in Japan do not be cases deemed to be inappropriate owing to such perspective as effects on Japanese industries and lives of the citizenity.|
|Activities listed in the right-hand column under "Business Manager" of Appended Table I(2) of the Act|The applicant comes under all of the following requirements.|
||(i) A business office for the purpose of engaging in the business pertaining to the application exists in Japan; provided, however, that if the business has not yet commenced, facilities to be used as a business office for the purpose of engaging in the business have been secured in Japan.|
||(ii) The scale of the business pertaining to the application comes under one of the following requirements.|
||(a) The business concerned employs at least two full-time employees in Japan (except for foreign nationals residing in Japan with a status of residence listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table I of the Act) other than those who operate or manage the business.|
||(b) The amount of the stated capital or the total amount of the contribution is least 5 million yen.|
||(c) The scale of the business is recognized to be equivalent to the scale set forth in (a) or (b).|
||(iii) If the applicant intends to manage the business,the applicant has at least 3 years' experience of operating or managing a business (including any period where the applicant majored in the operation or management of a business at a graduate school), and, receives no less remuneration than would a Japanese national for comparable work.|
|Activities listed in the right-hand column under "Legal/Accounting Services" of Appended Table I(2) of the Act|The applicant engages in duties as an attorney at law(bengoshi), judicial scrivener (shihoushoshi), land and building investigator (tochikaokuchousashi), registered foreign-qualified lawyer (gaikokuhou jimu bengoshi), certified public accountant (koninkaikeishi), foreign-qualified certified public accountant (gaikoku kouninkaikeishi), certified public tax accountant (zeirishi), public consultant on social and labor insurance (shakaihokenroumushi), patent attorney (benrishi), maritime procedure agent (kaijidairishi), or certified administrative procedures legal specialist (gyouseishoshi).|
|Activities listed in the right-hand column under "Medical Services" of Appended Table I(2) of the Act|(i) The applicant who intends to engage in duties as a physician, dentist, pharmacist, public health nurse, midwife, nurse, assistant nurse, dental hygienist (shikaeiseishi), radiology technician, physical therapist (rigakuryouhoushi), occupational therapist (sagyouryouhoushi), orthoptist(shinoukunrenshi), clinical engineer(rinshoukougakugishi), or prosthetist(gishisougushi) receive no less remuneration than would a Japanese national for comparable work.|
||(ii) If the applicant intends to engage in duties as an assistant nurse,the apllicant performs their duties as a trainee within a period not exceeding 4 years from the date of receipt of a license to practice as an assistance nurse in Japan.|
||(iii) If the applicant intends to engage in duties as a pharmacist, dental hygienist, radiology technician, physical therapist (rigakuryouhoushi), occupational therapist (sagyouryouhoushi), orthoptist (shinoukunrenshi), clinical technician (rinshoukougakugishi), or prosthetist (gishisougushi), the applicant has been invited to engage in duties by a Japanese medical institution or pharmacy.|
|Activities listed in the right-hand column under "Researcher" of Appended Table I(2) of the Act|The applicant who intends to engage in research comes under all of the following requirements; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where the applicant intends to engage in research based on a contract with an organization of the national or local government; a juridical person established directly pursuant to Japanese law; a juridical person established pursuant to special Japanese laws through a special act of establishment; a juridical person established pursuant to special Japanese laws which required the approval of a government agency regarding its establishment; an incorporated administrative agency (meaning an incorporated administrative agency as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 103, 1999); the same applies hereinafter); or a juridical person designated in a public notice given by the Minister of Justice which is managed by funds granted by the national government, a local government, or an incorporated administrative agency.|
||(i)  The applicant has a master's degree or at least 3 years' experience (including the period during which the applicant conducted research at a graduate school) in a field of research related to that in which the applicant intends to engage, or at least 10 years' experience in such field of research (including the period of research during which the applicant conducted research at a university) after graduating from university (except for a junior college) or acquiring an education equivalent thereto, or on completing a specialized course of study at a vocational school (limited to cases coming under the requirements designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice relating to such completion); provided, however, that this does not apply to cases in which the applicant is to engage in research in a business office in Japan to which the applicant has been transferred for a limited period of time from a business office established in a foreign country by a public or private organization which has a head office, branch office, or other business office in Japan, and when said applicant was employed at the main office, branch office, or other office outside of Japan immediately prior to their transfer to Japan during which time the applicant was engaged in duties that come under the category of "Researcher" as listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table I (2) of the Act, and where period is for a continuous period of one year or more (if the applicant engaged in research for a period at a business office in Japan with the status of residence of "Researcher", the period adding together such period).|
||(ii) The applicant shall receive no less remuneration than would a Japanese national for comparable work.|
|Activities listed in the right-hand column under "Instructor" of Appended Table I(2) of the Act|(i) If the applicant is to engage in instruction at a miscellaneous category school (kakushu gakko) or an equivalent educational institution in terms of facilities and organization, or if the applicant is to engage in instruction at a school other than these in a capacity other than that of a teacher, the applicant comes under all of the following requirements.If the applicant is to engage in instruction at a miscellaneous category school or an equivalent educational institution in terms of facilities and organization which has been established to provide primary or secondary education in a foreign language to children who attend such schools and who have the status of residence of "Diplomat" or "Official" as listed in Appended Table I (1) of the Act or "Dependent" as listed in Appended Table I (4) of the Act, the applicant need only fall under requirement (a).|
||(a) The applicant comes under one of the following requirements.|
||(1) The applicant has graduated from university or acquired an education equivalent thereto.|
||(2) The applicant has completed a specialized course of study at a vocational school in Japan (limited to cases coming under the requirements designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice relating to the completion) majoring in  a subject pertaining to the necessary skills and knowledge for the subject which intends to teach.|
||(3) The applicant holds a license to teach the subject that this applicant intends to teach.|
||(b) When the applicant intends to teach a foreign language, the applicant has acquired an education in the language for at least 12 years. When the applicant is to teach any other subject, the applicant has at least 5 years' teaching experience in that subject.|
||(ii) The applicant receives no less remuneration than would a Japanese national for comparable work.|
|Activities listed in the right-hand column under "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" of Appended Table I(2) of the Act|The applicant comes under all of the following requirements; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where the applicant intends to engage in services related to representation associated with the proceedings in an international arbitration case provided for in Article 58-2 of the Act on Special Measures Concerning the Handling of Legal Services by Foreign Lawyers (Act No. 66 of 1986).|
||(i) If the applicant intends to engage in services that require skill or knowledge pertinent to the field of natural science or humanities, the duties which the applicant intends to engage in comes under one of the following requirements, and this applicant has acquired the necessary skills and knowledge for the duties; provided, however, that this does not apply if the applicant has passed a test relating to information processing designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice or holds a qualification relating to information processing designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice if the applicant intends to engage in duties that require skills and knowledge pertaining to information processing.|
||(a) The applicant has graduated from university, having majored in a subject relating to the skills or knowledge, or has acquired an education equivalent thereto.|
||(b) The applicant has completed a specialized course of study at a vocational school in Japan, majoring in a subject relating to the skills or knowledge (limited to cases where the applicant has fulfilled the requirements designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice relating to the completion).|
||(c) The applicant has at least 10 years' practical experience (including the period during which the applicant majored in a subject relating to the skills or knowledge at a university, technical school, senior high school, a course of study in the second half of a course of study at a school for secondary education or a specialized course of study at a vocational school).|
||(ii) If the applicant intends to engage in services that require ways of thinking or sensibilities that have their foundation in a foreign culture,the applicant comes under all of the following requirements.|
||(a) The applicant engages in translation, interpretation, language instruction, public relations, overseas transactions, fashion or interior design, product development, or other similar services.|
||(b) The applicant has at least 3 years' experience in the relevant services; provided, however, that this does not apply if the applicant who has graduated from university is to engage in translation, interpretation, or language instruction.|
||(iii) The applicant receives no less remuneration than would a Japanese national for comparable work.|
|Activities listed in the right-hand column under "Intra-company Transferee" of Appended Table I(2) of the Act|The applicant comes under all of the following requirements.|
||(i) If the applicant engaged in the services listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services" specified in Appended Table I (2) of the Act at the main office, branch office, or other office outside of Japan immediately prior to the transfer pertaining to the application, such period has been a continuous period of one year or more (if the applicant engaged for a period in the duties at a business office in Japan of a public or private organization with a business office outside of Japan with the status of residence of "Intra-company Transferee", the period adding together this period).|
||(ii) The applicant receives no less remuneration than would a Japanese national for comparable work.|
|Activities listed in the right-hand column under "Entertainer" of Appended Table I(2) of the Act|(i) If the applicant intends to engage in activities related to entertaining through acting performance, stage performance, singing performance, dancing performance, or musical performance (hereinafter referred to as "acting performances,etc."), the applicant comes under all of the following requirements, except in the cases prescribed in item (ii).|
||(a) The applicant comes under any of the following requirements for the activities in which the applicant intends to engage; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where the applicant's total remuneration for the entertaining (in the case of a group, the group's total remuneration for entertaining) amounts to 5 million yen or more per day.|
||1. Deleted|
||2. The applicant has spent a minimum of 2 years at an educational institution outside Japan majoring in subjects pertaining to the activities in which this applicant is to engage.|
||3. The applicant has a minimum of 2 years' experience outside Japan in the activities in which this applicant is to engage.|
||(b) The applicant engages in activities related to entertaining through performances based on a contract (limited to a contract that clearly specifies that relevant organization bears the obligation of paying remuneration of at least 200,000 yen per month to the applicant; hereinafter referred to as a "performance contract" in this item) with an organization in Japan which fulfills all of the following requirements; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where the applicant intends to engage in activities related to singing, dancing, or musical performances involving the music of a foreign culture at an establishment that primarily serves food and drink from the foreign culture (except for establishments that engage in business as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the Act on Control and Improvement of Amusement Business (Act No. 122 of 1948) (hereinafter referred to as the "Amusement Business Act")) based on a contract with the organization that operates the establishment, wherein the applicant receives remuneration of at least 200,000 yen per month.|
||1. The operator or manager of the organization has a total of at least 3 years' experience in entertainment involving foreign nationals.|
||2. The organization employs at least 5 full-time employees.|
||3. The operator or the full-time employees of the organization do not come under any of the following categories.|
||i. A person who has committed trafficking in persons or incited or aided another to commit it.|
||ii. A person who has engaged in any of the acts listed in Article 24, item (iii)-4, sub-items (a) through (c), or has incited or aided another to engage in any of the listed acts in the past 5 years.|
||iii. A person who has forged or altered a document or drawing; has prepared a false document or drawing; has dused, possessed or offered a forged, altered, or a false document or drawing; or has incited or aided another to engage in any of the aformentioned acts with the intent of helping another foreign national illegally obtain a certificate, a seal of verification for landing (including the recording of the prescribed datas pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter), or special permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2 of the Act, permission for landing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 4, or the permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter IV, Sections 1 or 2, or Chapter V, Section 3 of the Act, in connection with the business activities of the relevant organization, in the past 5 years.|
||iv. A person who has been sentenced to punishment for violation of the provisions of Articles 74 to 74-8 of the Act, or Articles 6 to 13 of the Anti-Prostitution Act (Act No. 118 of 1956) and for whom 5 years have not yet passed since the completion of the sentence or since the day on which the person ceased to be subject to the execution of the sentence.|
||v. A person who is a member of an organized crime group as prescribed in Article 2, item (vi) of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (Act No. 77 of 1991) or for whom 5 years have not yet passed since the person ceased to be a member of an organized crime group.|
||4. In the past 3 years, the organization has paid the entire amount of the remuneration that it has been obliged to pay to foreign nationals residing in Japan under the status of residence of "Entertainer" based on performance contracts concluded by the organization.|
||(c) The establishment in which the performances stated in the application are to take place fulfills each of the following requirements; provided however, that this does not apply if in the establishment, no person other than the applicant engages in activities related to entertainment with the status of residence of "Entertainer," in which case the establishment must fulfill the requirement in (6).|
||1. An establishment which engages foreign nationals as entertainers does not specify or restrict its audience to certain groups or individuals.|
||2. If the establishment is classified as a place operating a business as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the Entertainment Business Act, all the following requirements are fulfilled.|
||i. There is a minimum of 5 employees whose duties are primarily serving customers (meaning "serving customers" as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Entertainment Business Act; the same applies hereinafter).|
||ii. It is clear that persons residing in Japan under the status of residence of "Entertainer" and engaging in activities related to entertainment will not take part in serving customers.|
||3. There is a stage of at least 13 square meters.|
||4. There is a green room of at least 9 square meters (if there are more than 5 entertainers, there must be an additional 1.6 square meters for each additional entertainer) for use by the entertainers.|
||5. The establishment has at least 5 employees.|
||6. The operator of the organization which operates the establishment and the full-time employees engaged in the operations of the establishment do not come under any of the following categories.|
||i. A person who has committed trafficking in persons or incited or aided another to commit it.|
||ii. A person who has engaged in any of the acts listed in Article 24, item (iii)-4, sub-items (a) through (c), or has incited or aided another to engage in any of the listed acts in the past 5 years.|
||iii. A person who has forged or altered a document or drawing; has prepared a false document or drawing; has used, possessed or offered a forged, altered, or a false document or drawing; or has incited or aided another to engage in any of the aformentioned acts with the intent of helping another foreign national illegally obtain a certificate, a seal of verification for landing, or special permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2 of the Act, permission for landing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 4, or the permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter IV, Sections 1 or 2, or Chapter V, Section 3 of the Act, in connection with the business activities of the relevant organization, in the past 5 years.|
||iv. A person who has been subject to punishment for violation of the provisions of Articles 74 through 74-8 of the  Act, or Articles 6 to 13 of the Anti-Prostitution Act, and for whom 5 years have not yet passed since the completion of the sentence or since the date on which the person ceased to be subject to the execution of the sentence.|
||v. A person who is a member of an organized crime group or for whom 5 years have not yet passed since the person ceased to be a member of an organized crime group.|
||(ii) When the applicant intends to engage in activities related to entertaining through performances, the applicant comes under one of the following categories.|
||(a) The applicant intends to engage in activities related to entertaining through performances organized by an organization of the national or local government, or a juridical person established directly pursuant to the provisions of Japanese laws, or a juridical person established pursuant to the provisions of a special Japanese law through special acts of establishment, or performances conducted at a school, a vocational school, or a miscellaneous category school as prescribed by the Schools Act (Act No. 26 of 1947).|
||(b) The applicant intends to engage in activities related to entertaining through performances organized by a public or private organization in Japan which has been established with funds from the national government, a local government, or an incorporated administrative agency, for the purpose of cultural exchange between Japan and foreign countries.|
||(c) The applicant intends to engage in activities related to entertaining through performances at an establishment of at least 100,000 square meters where foreign nationals regularly perform in order to attract potential tourists, using the sights or culture of a foreign country as a theme.|
||(d) The applicant intends to engage in activities related to entertaining through performances at an establishment in which food and drink are not served for profit to the seated audience and where no one serves the customers (limited to an establishment managed by a public or private non-profit organization in Japan or one with a seating capacity of 100 or more).|
||(e) The applicant is to receive remuneration of 500,000 yen or more per day for entertaining (in the case of a group performance, the total remuneration for the group) and is to reside in Japan for a period not exceeding 15 days with the intention to engage in activities related to entertaining through performance.|
||(iii) If the applicant intends to engage in activities related to entertaining other than through performances,the applicant receives no less remuneration than would a Japanese national for comparable work.|
||(iv) If the applicant is to engage in show business outside of activities related to entertainment, the applicant engages in one of the following activities and receives no less remuneration than would a Japanese national for comparable work.|
||(a) Activities related to the advertisement of goods or businesses|
||(b) Activities related to the production of broadcast programs (including cable broadcast programs) or movies|
||(c) Activities related to commercial photo shoots|
||(d) Activities for recording sound or images on commercial records, videotapes, or other recording media|
|Activities listed in the right-hand column under "Skilled Labor" of Appended Table I(2) of the Act|The applicant comes under any of the following categories and receives no less remuneration than would a Japanese national for comparable work.|
||(i) A person who is to engage in the duties of preparing cuisine or producing foodstuffs that require skills which were devised overseas and that are foreign to Japan, and who comes under any of the following categories (except for foreign nationals listed in item (ix)).|
||(a) A person with at least 10 years' experience using the skills (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in subjects related to the relevant preparation of cuisine or production of foodstuffs)|
||(b) A person to whom the provisions of Annex 7, Part 1, A, Section 5, subparagraph 1 (c) of the Agreement between Japan and the Kingdom of Thailand for an Economic Partnership applies.|
||(ii) A person with at least 10 years' experience using skills related to architecture or civil engineering characteristic of a foreign country (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in subjects related to the architecture or civil engineering) who is to engage in duties that require the skills. (If the person is to engage in duties under the guidance of a foreign national who has at least 10 years' experience, 5 years of experience will suffice.)|
||(iii) A person with at least 10 years' experience using skills related to the manufacture or repair of products characteristic of a foreign country (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in subjects related to the manufacture or repair of the products) who is to engage in duties that require the skills.|
||(iv) A person with at least 10 years' experience using skills related to the processing of gems, precious stones, or fur (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in subjects related to relevant processing) who is to engage in services that require the skills.|
||(v) A person with at least 10 years' experience using skills related to animal training (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in subjects related to animal training) who is to engage in services that require the skills.|
||(vi) A person with at least 10 years' experience using skills related to offshore drilling for oil exploration, drilling for geothermal development, or marine geological surveys for marine mineral exploration (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in subjects related to offshore drilling for oil exploration, drilling for geothermal development, or marine geological surveys for marine mineral exploration) who is to engage in services that require the skills.|
||(vii) A person with at least 1,000 hours' flight experience using skills related to piloting an aircraft, who is to engage in duties as a pilot of an aircraft used for air transport services as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (18) of the Civil Aeronautics Act (Act No. 231 of 1952).|
||(viii) A person with at least 3 years' experience using skills related to coaching a sport (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in subjects related to coaching the sport, and the period of time spent engaging in this sport for remuneration) who is to engage in duties that require the skills, or a person who has participated as a competitor in an international sporting event such as the Olympics or the World Championships and who is to engage in duties that require skills related to coaching the sport.|
||(ix) A person with at least 5 years' experience using skills related to the appraisal, evaluation, and maintenance of a wine's quality, and to the supplying of wine (hereinafter referred to as "wine appraisal,etc.") (including the period of time spent studying at an educational institution in a foreign country while majoring in subjects related to wine appraisal) who comes under any of the following categories and who is to engage in services that require the skills.|
||(a) A person who has achieved excellent results in a wine appraisal,etc. skill competition held on an international scale (hereinafter referred to as "international sommelier competition").|
||(b) A person who has entered an international sommelier competition (limited to those that restrict the number of competitors to one per country).|
||(c) A person who has been certified by a national or local government (including a foreign government at the national or local level), or by a public or private organization equivalent thereto, as being qualified in skills related to wine appraisal,etc. that have been designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice.|
|Activities listed in item (i), sub-item (a) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of Appended Table I(2) of the Act|(i) The applicant is a full-time employee of a place of business outside of Japan of a public or private organization in Japan or a place of business outside of Japan of a public or private organization outside of Japan provided for in the Ministerial Order to Provide for Foreign Public or Private Organizations with the Business Relationship Provided for in the Right-Hand Column under "Technical Intern Training" in Appended Table I(2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministerial Order No. 52 of 2009), and has been transferred or seconded from such business office.|
||(ii) The skills, technology or knowledge (hereinafter referred to as "skills, etc.") that the applicant intends to obtain in Japan is not skills, etc. that could be obtained mostly through the repetition of simple work.|
||(iii) The applicant is at least 18 years of age and is expected to engage in services that require the skills, etc. obtained in Japan after returning to the country of which this applicant is a national or resident.|
||(iv) The applicant intends to obtain skills, etc. that are impossible or difficult to obtain in the region in which the applicant resides.|
||(v) The applicant or the applican's spouse, lineal relative or relative living together with the applicant or any other person who has a close relationship with the applicant in terms of a social life is not, in connection with the technical intern training which the applicant is to engage in while in Japan (including lectures implemented outside of Japan by the implementing organization (referring to a juridical person (where multiple juridical persons are in the position of the parent company (referring to the parent company provided for in Article 2, item (iv) of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005)) or subsidiary (referring to the subsidiary provided for in item (iii) of the same Article) or where multiple juridical persons with the same parent company are jointly implementing the technical intern training, these multiple juridical persons) or an individual implementing the technical intern training at a business office in Japan; hereinafter the same applies); the same applies in the following item) paying a deposit to any of the following organizations or their money or other property is not otherwise being managed regardless of the reason therefor, and is not expected to be managed until the end of the technical intern training, and in addition, has not entered into a contract with the organization that stipulates penalties pertaining to non-performance of a labor contract or a contract which otherwise expects the transfer of undue money or other property and such a contract is not expected to be entered into until the end of the technical intern training.|
||(a) The organization of affiliation of the country of which the applicant is a national or resident or any other foreign organization which is involved in the preparations for the activities which the applicant intends to engage in while in Japan (hereinafter referred to as "sending organization").|
||(b) The implementing organization.|
||(vi) The implementing organization and the sending organization have not entered into a contract, in connection with the technical intern training which the applicant intends to engage in while in Japan, that stipulates penalties pertaining to non-performance of a labor contract or a contract which otherwise expects the transfer of undue money or other property and such a contract is not expected to be entered into until the end of the technical intern training.|
||(vii) The implementing organization is providing a lecture-style course (including observational tours) which fulfills the following requirements.|
||(a) The subjects of the lectures are as follows:|
||1. Japanese language|
||2. Knowledge on general life in Japan|
||3. Information on the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 49 of 1947), responses on becoming aware that misconduct pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals is being committed and other necessary information on the legal status of technical intern trainees (limited to lectures given by persons with expert knowledge).|
||4. Beyond those items given in (1) through (3), knowledge contributing to the smooth acquisition of skills, etc. in Japan.|
||(b) The total number of hours of the lectures to be conducted in Japan by the implementing organization is at least one-sixth of the total number of expected hours in which the applicant is to engage in the activities set forth in the left-hand column in Japan; provided, however, that this is at least one-twelfth if the applicant has attended the following lectures or outside lectures. Moreover, when calculating the number of hours of lectures, if the number of lecture hours conducted in one day exceeds 8, the number is 8.|
||1. A course which is at least one month in length and covers at least 160 hours of lectures pertaining to the subjects of (a)(1), (2) or (4) conducted outside of Japan by the implementing organization within the last six months.|
||2. A course which is at least one month in length and covers at least 160 hours of outside lectures (limited to a lecture-style (including observational tours)) pertaining to the subjects of (a)(1), (2) or (4) (limited to contents which the implementing organization has confirmed to be equivalent to or more than the lectures) conducted outside of Japan by a foreign public organization or educational institution or the Japanese or foreign public or private organization provided for in item (i) within the last six months with the objective of contributing to the technical intern training which the applicant intends to take part in while in Japan.|
||(c) The lectures in Japan is conducted during the period in which the applicant is to engage in the activities set forth in the left-hand column in Japan; provided, however, that lectures pertaining to the subject set forth in (a)(3) are to be conducted before the applicant is to engage in the activities to obtain skills, etc. other than the lectures at the implementing organization.|
||(viii) The applicant receives no less remuneration than would a Japanese national for comparable work.|
||(ix) The technical intern training that the applicant intends to take part in is conducted under the guidance of a person who is a full-time employee of the implementing organization and who has at least 5 years' experience in the skills, etc. that the applicant intends to obtain (hereinafter referred to as "technical intern training instructor").|
||(x)  The implementing organization has a staff member assisting the applicant with living in Japan (hereinafter referred to as "life guidance advisor").|
||(xi) The number of technical intern trainees (limited to those persons engaging in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2)) accepted by the implementing organization, including the applicant,is within one-twentieth of the total number of full-time employees (except for the full-time employees affiliated with a place of business in a foreign country and technical intern trainees; hereinafter the same applies in this item) of the organization; provided, however, that in the case of the technical intern training designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice, the number of technical intern trainees (limited to those persons engaging in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2)) accepted by the implementing organization, including the applicant, does not exceed the total number of full-time employees of the organization, and moreover, is within the scope of the number of persons (where there is a fraction of less than one person, this number is rounded down) listed in the respective right-hand column corresponding to the total number listed in the left-hand column of the following table.|
||||Total number of full-time employees of the implementing organization|Number of technical intern trainees||||
||||301 or more|One-twentieth of the total number of full-time employees||||
||||Between 201 and 300|15 trainees||||
||||Between 101 and 200|10 trainees||||
||||Between 51 and 100|6 trainees||||
||||50 employees or less|3 trainees||||
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||(xi)-2 It has been established that if the implementing organization has committed misconduct pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals listed in the left-hand column of the table set forth in item (xviii) (hereinafter referred to as "misconduct listed in the table corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)"), the facts relating to the misconduct will be reported immediately to the regional immigration bureau.|
||(xii) It has been establised that where grounds have arisen making it impossible for the technical intern trainee to continue with the activities set forth in the left-hand column, the implementing organization will report immediately the fact and the measures to be taken in response to the regional immigration bureau.|
||(xiii) The implementing organization has secured facilities for the implementation of the lectures.|
||(xiv) The implementing organization has secured accommodation facilities for the technical intern trainees.|
||(xv) The implementing organization has given notification of the establishment of insurance relations pertaining to industrial accident compensation insurance or has taken other similar measures pursuant to the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance (Act No. 50 of 1947) in connection with its business prior to the applicant commencing the activities to obtain skills, etc. based on an employment contract.|
||(xvi) The implementing organization has taken the measures as securing the return travel expenses of the technical intern trainee and other measures to ensure return home.|
||(xvii)It has been established that the implementing organization prepares documents pertaining to the status of implementation of the technical intern training (including lectures conducted by the implementing organization outside of Japan), keeps them at the business office implementing the technical intern training, and preserves them for a minimum of one year from the date of the end of the technical intern training.|
||(xviii) If the implementing organization, or its operator, manager, technical intern training instructor or life guidance advisor has committed the misconduct listed in the left-hand column of the following table pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals, the period listed in the right-hand column of the same table has elapsed since the end of such misconduct, and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent its reoccurrence; provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the technical intern training.|
|||Misconduct pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals|Period||
|||(a) An act within the implementing organization of assaulting, intimidating or confining an accepted or employed technical intern trainee.|5 years||
|||(b) An act within the implementing organization of taking away the passport or residence card of an accepted or employed technical intern trainee.|5 years||
|||(c) An act within the implementing organization of non-payment of all or part of the benefits or remuneration to be paid to the accepted or employed technical intern trainee.|5 years||
|||(d) Beyond the acts listed in (a) through (c), an act within the implementing organization of substantially infringing the rights of an accepted or employed technical intern trainee.|5 years||
|||(e) An act within the implementing organization of using or offering a forged, altered, or a false document or edrawing with the intent of concealing facts relating to misconduct pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals listed in this table.|5 years||
|||(f) An act within the implementing organization of collecting a deposit or of managing property provided for in item (v) or of entering into the contract provided for in the same item or item (vi) (except for acts coming under (c) and (d)).|3 years||
|||(g) An act within the implementing organization of having the accepted technical intern trainee engage in work during the period of lectures without an employment contract.|3 years||
|||(h) An act within the implementing organization of arranging contents which differ from the contents of the application set forth in Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (2) or Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act (except for acts coming under (e)) with the technical intern trainee with regard to the benefits or remuneration or hours of implementation pertaining to the technical intern training of the accepted or employed technical intern trainees.|3 years||
|||(i) An act within the implementing organization of implementing technical intern training whose contents vastly differ from the technical intern training plan submitted at the time of the application set forth in Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (2) or Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act or of not implementing the technical intern training on the basis of such plan (except for acts coming under (e)).|3 years||
|||(j) An act within the implementing organization of having some other organization which differs from that given in the contents of the application set forth in Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (2) or Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act implement the technical intern training or of implementing the technical intern training at such organization (except for acts coming under (e)).|3 years||
|||(k) An act within the implementing organization of neglecting to give a report to the regional immigration bureau in cases where misconduct pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals listed in this table was committed or where grounds have arisen making it impossible to continue with the technical intern training.|3 years||
|||(l) An act within the implementing organization of giving rise to missing persons (except where there are no causes attributable to the fault of the implementing organization) of the number or more (where there is a fraction of less than one person, this number is to be rounded up) listed in the right-hand column corresponding to the total number of accepted technical intern trainees listed in the left-hand column of the following table within the previous year (referring to the total number of technical intern trainees accepted or employed during this period; hereinafter the same applies in (l)) with regard to the accepted or employed missing technical intern trainees (including trainees: the same applies hereinafter in (l)).|3 years||
||||Total number of accepted technical intern trainees|Number||||
||||50 or more|One-fifth of the total number accepted||||
||||Between 20 and 49|10 technical intern trainees||||
||||19 or less|One-half of the total number accepted||||
|||||||||
|||(m) An act within the implementing organization of engaging in the acts listed in any of Article 24, item (iii)-4, sub-items (a) through (c) of the Act or of inducing or aiding another to engage in the listed acts towards a foreign national.|3 years||
|||(n) An act within the implementing organization of violating the provisions of the Labor Standards Act and the Industrial Safety and Health Act (Act No. 57 of 1972) and other similar laws and regulations (except for the acts coming under (a), (c), or (d)) in connection with the technical intern training.|3 years||
|||(o) An act of engaging in misconduct pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals listed in this table (except for (p); the same applies hereinafter in (o)), the misconduct pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals listed in the left-hand column of the table set forth in item (xvi) of the right-hand column corresponding to the activities listed in item (i), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "misconduct listed in the table of Technical Intern Trainee (i)(b)) (except for that pertaining to (s) and (t) of the same table; hereinafter the same applies in item (xx), and items (xviii), (xxxii) and (xxxvii) of the right-hand column corresponding to the activities listed in item (i), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act, and sub-item (n) of the table of item (x), item (xii) and item (xvii) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Trainee" specified in Appended Table I(4) of the Act) or the misconduct pertaining to the training for foreign nationals listed in the left-hand column of the table set forth in item (x) of the right-hand column corresponding to the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Trainee" specified in Appended Table I(4) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee") (except for that pertaining to (o) in the same table; the same applies hereinafter in item (xx), and item (xvi), sub-item (r), items (xviii), (xxxii) and (xxxvii) of the table of the right-hand column corresponding to the activities listed in item (i), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act, and items (xii) and (xvii) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Trainee" specified in Appended Table I(4) of the Act), and of committing any of misconduct listed in this table within 3 years of having received instructions from the regional immigration bureau to take measures for improvement.|3 years||
|||(p) An act within the implementing organization of neglecting to prepare, keep or preserve documents pertaining to the status of implementation of the technical intern training (including lectures conducted by the implementing organization outside of Japan).|1 year||
||(xix) If the implementing organization or its operator, manager, technical intern training instructor or life guidance advisor has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)" or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee", the period listed in the respective right-hand column has passed since the end of the misconduct, and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent its reoccurrence; provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the technical intern training.|
||(xx) If the implementing organization or its operator, manager, technical intern training instructor or life guidance advisor has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)" (except for that pertaining to (p) in the table set forth in item (xviii); hereinafter the same applies in sub-item (r) of the table of item (xvi), items (xviii), (xxxii) and (xxxvii) of the right-hand column corresponding to the activities listed in item (i), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act and sub-item (n) of the table of item (x), items (xii) and (xvii) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Trainee" specified in Appended Table I(4) of the Act), the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)" or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee", and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent reoccurrence if instructions have been received from the regional immigration bureau to take measures for improvement with regard to the misconduct.|
||(xxi) If the implementing organization or its operator, manager, technical intern training instructor or life guidance advisor has been sentenced to a punishment pursuant to the following provisions,it has been over  5 years since the day on which the organization or person finished serving the sentence or to be subject to its enforcement.|
||(a) The provisions of Article 73-2 through Article 74-8 of the Act.|
||(b) The provisions of Article 117 of the Labour Standards Act (including cases where applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 89, paragraph (1) of the Mariners' Employment Security Act (Act No. 130 of 1948) or Article 44, paragraph (1) of the Act for Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Undertakings and Improved Working Conditions for Dispatched Workers (Act No. 88 of 1985)), Article 118, paragraph (1) of the Labour Standards Act (limited to the part pertaining to the provisions of Article 6 of the same Act), Article 119 (limited to the parts pertaining to the provisions of Article 16, Article 17, Article 18, paragraph (1) and Article 37 of the same Act), and Article 120 (limited to the parts pertaining to the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (7) and Article 23 to 27 of the same Act) and Article 121 of the same Act pertaining to the those provisions.|
||(c) The provisions of Article 130 (limited the parts pertaining to the provisions of Article 33, Article 34, paragraph (1), Article 35, Article 45 and Article 66 of the Mariners Act (Act No. 100 of 1947) (limited to cases where applied mutatis pursuant to Article 88-2-2, paragraph (3) and Article 88-3, paragraph (4) of the same Act), Article 131, item (i) (limited to the parts pertaining to Article 53, Article 54, Article 56 and Article 58, paragraph (1) of the same Act) and item (ii), and the provisions of Article 135, paragraph (1) of the same Act pertaining to the provisions (including cases where these provisions are applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 92, paragraph (1) of the Mariners' Employment Security Act and Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Measures concerning Employment Promotion of Mariners (Act No. 96 of 1977).|
||(d) The provisions of Article 40 of the Minimum Wage Act (Act No. 137 of 1959) and the provisions of Article 42 of the same Act pertaining to the provisions of Article 40.|
||(xxi)-2 The implementing organization or its operator, manager, technical intern training instructor or life guidance advisor has not engaged in an act of forging or altering a document or drawing, or preparing a false document or drawing or of using, possessing or offering a forged, altered, or a false document or drawing, or of inciting or aiding another to engage in any of the aformentioned acts with the intent of helping a foreign national illegally obtain a certificate, a seal of verification for landing or special permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2 of the Act, permission for landing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 4, or the permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter IV, Sections 1 or 2, or Chapter V, Section 3 of the Act, in connection with the business activities of the relevant organization, in the past 5 years.|
||(xxii) The operator or manager of the implementing organization has engaged in the operation or supervision of technical intern training or training for foreign nationals as the operator, officer or manager of some other organization, and where the relevant other organization committed the misconduct listed in the table of "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)", the misconduct listed in the table of "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)" or the misconduct listed in the table of "Trainee" during the period of this person engaging in its operation or supervision, the period listed in the respective right-hand column has passed since the end of the misconduct: provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the technical intern training.|
||(xxiii) The sending organization, or its operator or manager has not engaged in an act of using or offering a forged, altered, or a false document or drawing with the intent of helping a foreign national illegally obtain a certificate, a seal of verification for landing or special permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2 of the Act, permission for landing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 4, or the permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter IV, Sections 1 or 2, or Chapter V, Section 3 of the Act or of concealing facts relating to the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)", the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)" or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee" in connection with the business activities of the relevant organization in the past 5 years.|
|Activities listed in item (i), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of Appended Table I(2) of the Act|(i) The skills, etc. that the applicant intends to obtain in Japan is not skills, etc. that could be obtained mostly through the repetition of simple work.|
||(ii) The applicant is at least 18 years of age and is expected to engage in services that require the skills, etc. obtained in Japan after returning to the country of which the applicant is a national or resident.|
||(iii) The applicant intends to obtain skills, etc. that are difficult or impossible to obtain in the region in which this applicant resides.|
||(iv) The applicant has experience in a foreign country of engaging in services, which are of the same kind of duties requiring the skills. etc. which the applicant intends to obtain in Japan or there are special circumstances as to why the applicant needs to engage in the technical intern training.|
||(v) The applicant is a foreign national who intends to acquire skills, etc. having been recommended by an organization of the national or local government of the country of which the applicant is a national or resident or an organization equivalent thereto.|
||(vi)The applicant or the applicant's spouse, lineal relative or relative living together with the applicant or any other person who has a close relationship with the applicant in terms of a social life is not, in connection with the technical intern training which the applicant is to engage in while in Japan (including lectures implemented outside of Japan by the supervising organization (referring to a non-profit organization which is supervising the activities through which the technical intern trainee is to obtain skills, etc.; the same applies hereinafter) ; the same applies in the following item) paying a deposit to any of the following organizations, or their money or other property is not otherwise being managed regardless of the reason therefor, and is not expected to be managed until the end of the technical intern training, and in addition, has not entered into a contract with the organization that stipulates penalties pertaining to non-performance of a labor contract or a contract which otherwise expects the transfer of undue money or other property and such a contract is not expected to be entered into until the end of the technical intern training.|
||(a) The sending organization.|
||(b) The supervising organization.|
||(c) The implementing organization.|
||(d) The organization making arrangements for implementation of the technical intern training (except for the supervising organization; hereinafter referred to as "referral organization" in this column).|
||(vii)  The organizations listed in (a) through (d) of the preceding item have not entered into a contract with each other stipulating penalties pertaining to non-performance of the labor contract or a contract which otherwise expects the transfer of undue money or other property and such a contract is not expected to be entered into until the end of the technical intern training in connection with the technical intern training which the applicant intends to engage in while in Japan.|
||(viii) The supervising organization is providing a lecture-style course (including observational tours) which fulfills the following requirements.|
||(a) The subjects of the lectures are as follows:|
||1. Japanese language|
||2. Knowledge on general life in Japan|
||3. Information on the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, the Labor Standards Act, responses on becoming aware that misconduct pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals is being committed and other necessary information on the legal status of technical intern trainees (limited to lectures given by persons with expert knowledge (except for those persons affiliated with the supervising organization or implementing organization).|
||4. Beyond those items given in (1) through (3), knowledge contributing to the smooth acquisition of skills, etc. in Japan.|
||(b) The total number of hours of the lectures to be conducted in Japan by the supervising organization is at least one-sixth of the total number of expected hours in which the applicant is to engage in the activities set forth in the left-hand column; provided, however, that this is at least one-twelfth if the applicant has attended the following lectures or outside lectures. Moreover, when calculating the hours of the lectures, if the number of lecture hours conducted in one day exceeds 8, the number is to be 8.|
||1. A course which is at least one month in length and covers at least 160 hours of lectures pertaining to the subjects of (a)(1), (2) or (4) conducted outside of Japan by the supervising organization within the last six months.|
||2. A course which is at least one month in length and covers at least 160 hours of outside lectures (limited to a lecture-style (including observational tours)) pertaining to the subjects of (a)(1), (2) or (4) (limited to contents which the supervising organization has confirmed to be equivalent to the lectures) conducted outside of Japan by a foreign public organization or educational institution within the last six months with the intent of contributing to the technical intern training which the applicant intends to take part in while in Japan.|
||(viii) The lectures in Japan is conducted prior to the applicant engaging in activities to obtain skills, etc. implemented by the implementing organization.|
||(ix) It has been established that if the technical intern trainee has returned having terminated the activities set forth in the left-hand column or grounds have arisen making it impossible for the technical intern trainee to continue with the activities set forth in the left-hand column, the supervising organization will report immediately the fact and the measures taken in response (limited to cases where grounds have arisen making it impossible to continue with the activities set forth in the left-hand column) to the regional immigration bureau.|
||(x) The supervising organization has secured facilities for implementation of the lectures.|
||(xi) The supervising organization or the implementing organization has secured accommodation facilities for the technical intern trainees.|
||(xii) The supervising organization or the implementing organization has taken such measures as notification, etc. of establishment of insurance relations or other measures pursuant to the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance in connection with the business of the organization implementing the technical intern training prior to the applicant commencing the activities to acquire skills, etc.|
||(xiii) The supervising organization has taken such measures as securing the return travel expenses of the technical intern trainee and other measures to ensure return home.|
||(xiv) It has been established that the supervising organization prepares documents pertaining to the status of implementation of the lectures, keeps them at the business office implementing the technical intern training, and preserves them for a minimum of one year from the date of the end of the technical intern training, including the lectures.|
||(xv) It has been established that the supervising organization does not receive any income in connection with making arrangements pertaining to the technical intern training.|
||(xvi) If the supervising organization or its officer, manager or full-time employee engaging in supervision of the technical intern training has committed the misconduct listed in the left-hand column of the following table pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals, the period listed in the right-hand column of the same table has passed since the end of such misconduct, and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent its reoccurrence; provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the technical intern training.|
|||Misconduct pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals|Period||
|||(a) An act within the supervising organization, implementing organization or referral organization of assaulting, intimidating or confining an accepted, employed or referred technical intern trainee.|5 years||
|||(b) An act within the supervising organization, implementing organization or referral organization of taking away the passport or residence card of an accepted, employed or referred technical intern trainee.|5 years||
|||(c) An act within the supervising organization or the implementing organization of non-payment of all or part of the benefits or remuneration to be paid to the accepted or employed technical intern trainee.|5 years||
|||(d)  Beyond the acts listed in (a) through (c), an act within the supervising organization, implementing organization or referral organization of substantially infringing the rights of an accepted, employed or referred technical intern trainee.|5 years||
|||(e) An act within the supervising organization, implementing organization or referral organization of using or offering a forged, altered, or a false document or drawing with the intent of concealing facts relating to misconduct pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals listed in this table.|5 years||
|||(f) An act within the supervising organization, implementing organization or referral organization of collecting a deposit or of managing property provided for in item (vi) or of entering into the contract provided for in the same item or item (vii) (except for acts coming under (c) and (d)).|3 years||
|||(g) An act within the supervising organization, implementing organization or referral organization of having the accepted or referred technical intern trainee engage in work during the period of lectures provided for in item (viii).|3 years||
|||(h) An act within the supervising organization, implementing organization or referral organization of arranging contents which differ from the contents of the application set forth in Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (2) or Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act (except for acts coming under (e)) with the technical intern trainee with regard to the benefits or remuneration or hours of implementation pertaining to the technical intern training of the accepted, employed or referred technical intern trainees.|3 years||
|||(i) An act within the supervising organization or implementing organization of implementing technical intern training whose contents vastly differ from the technical intern training plan submitted at the time of the application set forth in Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (2) or Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act or of not implementing the technical intern training on the basis of plan (except for acts coming under (e)).|3 years||
|||(j) An act within the supervising organization, implementing organization or referral organization of having some other organization which differs from that given in the contents of the application set forth in Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (2) or Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act implement the technical intern training, or of implementing the technical intern training at the organization (except for acts coming under (e)).|3 years||
|||(k) An act within the supervising organization of neglecting to give a report to the regional immigration bureau if grounds have arisen making it impossible to continue with the technical intern training.|3 years||
|||(l) Failing to take the measures provided for in Article 1, item (ii)-2 through item (iv), item (vi) and item (viii) (except the part pertaining to preparation and preserving of documents) of the Ministerial Order to Provide for the Requirements of Organizations Provided for in the Right-Hand Column of the "Technical Intern Training" in Appended Table I(2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministerial Order No. 53 of 2009; hereinafter referred to as "Ministerial Order on the Requirements for Organizations") within the supervising organization.|3 years||
|||(m) An act within the supervising organization or implementing organization of giving rise to missing persons (except where there are no causes attributable to the fault of the supervising organization or the implementing organization) of the number or more (where there is a fraction of less than one person, the number is to be rounded up) listed in the right-hand column corresponding to the total number of accepted technical intern trainees listed in the left-hand column of the following table within the previous year (referring to the total number of technical intern trainees accepted or employed during the period; hereinafter the same applies in (m)) with regard to the missing accepted or employed technical intern trainees (including trainees: the same applies hereinafter in this item (m)).|3 years||
||||Total number of accepted technical intern trainees|Number|||
||||50 or more|One-fifth of the total number accepted|||
||||Between 20 and 49|10 technical intern trainees|||
||||19 or less|One-half of the total number accepted|||
|||||||||
|||(n) An act within the supervising organization, implementing organization or referral organization of engaging in the acts listed in any of Article 24, item (iii)-4, sub-items (a) through (c) of the Act or of inducing or aiding another to engage in the listed acts towards a foreign national.|3 years||
|||(o) An act within the supervising organization or implementing organization of violating the provisions of the Labor Standards Act and the Industrial Safety and Health Act and other similar laws and regulations (except for the acts coming under (a), (c) or (d)) in connection with the technical intern training.|3 years||
|||(p) An act within the implementing organization of neglecting to give a report to the supervising organization if misconduct pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals listed in this table was committed or where grounds have arisen making it impossible to continue with the technical intern training.|3 years||
|||(q) An act within a for-profit referral organization of making arrangements in connection with technical intern training or an act within a supervising organization or a non-profit referral organization of acquiring an income and making arrangements in connection with the technical intern training.|3 years||
|||(r) An act of engaging in any of the misconduct listed in this table within 3 years of having engaged in misconduct pertaining to the technical intern training for foreign nationals listed in this table (except for (s) and (t); hereinafter the same applies in this (r)), the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)" or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee", and having received instructions from the regional immigration bureau to take improvement measures.|3 years||
|||(s) An act within the supervising organization or the implementing organization of neglecting to prepare, keep or preserve documents pertaining to the status of implementation of the technical intern training (including lectures implemented by the supervising organization outside of Japan).|1 year||
|||(t) An act within the supervising organization of neglecting to report to the regional immigration bureau if the technical intern trainee terminated the activities of the technical intern training and returned to their home country.|1 year||
||(xvii) If the supervising organization or its officer, manager or full-time employee engaging in supervision of the technical intern training has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)" or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee", the period listed in the respective right-hand column has passed since the end of such misconduct, and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent its reoccurrence; provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the technical intern training.|
||(xviii) If the supervising organization or its officer, manager or full-time employee engaging in supervision of the technical intern training  has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)" or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a) or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee", and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent reoccurrence if instructions have been received from the regional immigration bureau to take measures for improvement with regard to the misconduct.|
||(xix) If the supervising organization or its officer, manager or full-time employee engaging in supervision of the technical intern training has been sentenced to a punishment pursuant to the provisions of item (xxi)(a) through (d) of the right-hand column corresponding to the activities listed in item (i)(a) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)"), it has been over 5 years since the day on which the organization or person finished serving the sentence or to be subject to its enforcement.|
||(xix)-2 The supervising organization or its officer, manager or full-time employee engaging in supervision of the technical intern training has not engaged in an act provided for in item (xxi)-2 of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)", in connection with the business activities of the relevant organization, in the last 5 years.|
||(xx) The officer or manager of the supervising organization has engaged in the operation or supervision of technical intern training or training for foreign nationals as the operator, officer or manager of some other organization, and where relevant other organization committed the misconduct listed in the table of "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)", the misconduct listed in the table of "Technical Intern Training (i)(a) or the misconduct listed in the table of "Trainee" during the period of the person engaging in its operation or supervision, the period listed in the respective right-hand column has passed since the end of the misconduct: provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the technical intern training.|
||(xxi) The applicant receives no less remuneration than would a Japanese national for comparable work.|
||(xxii) The technical intern training that the applicant intends to take part in is conducted under the guidance of a technical intern training instructor.|
||(xxiii) The implementing organization has a life guidance advisor.|
||(xxiv) If the supervising organization comes under any of the provisions of Article 1, item (i), sub-item (c) (except for cases where there is an association, and the implementing organization is a small and medium-sized business operator listed in any of the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) through item (iv) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Basic Act (Act No. 154 of 1963), and is a member of the association) or sub-item (f) (except those whose purpose is agricultural technical cooperation for developing countries) of the Ministerial Order on Requirements for Organizations, the number of technical intern trainees (limited to those persons engaging in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act) accepted by the implementing organization, including the applicant, is within one-twentieth of the total number of full-time employees of the organization (except for full-time employees and technical intern trainees affiliated with a business office in a foreign country; hereinafter the same applies in the following item, item (xxvi), item (xxviii) and item (xxix)).|
||(xxv) If the supervising organization comes under any of the provisions of Article 1, item (i), sub-item (a), (b) or (c) (limited to cases where there is an association, and the implementing organization is a small and medium-sized business operator listed in any of the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) through item (iv) of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Basic Act, and is a member of the association), the number of technical intern trainees (limited to those persons engaging in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act) accepted by the implementing organization, including the applicant, does not exceed the total number of full-time employees of the organization, and shall be within the scope of the number of persons listed in the respective right-hand column corresponding to the total number listed in the left-hand column of the table set forth in item (xi) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)") (where there is a fraction of less than one person, the number is to be rounded down; the same applies hereinafter).|
||(xxvi) If the supervising organization comes under the provisions of Article 1, item (i), sub-item (d) or (f) (limited to those whose purpose is agricultural technical cooperation for developing countries) of the Ministerial Order on Requirements for Organizations, it fulfills the following requirements.|
||(a) If the implementing organization is a juridical person, the number of technical intern trainees (limited to those persons engaging in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act) accepted by the implementing organization, including the applicant, does not exceed the total number of full-time employees of the organization, and is within the scope of the number of persons listed in the respective right-hand column corresponding to the total number listed in the left-hand column of the table set forth in item (xi) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)".|
||(b) If the implementing organization is not a juridical person, the number of technical intern trainees (limited to those persons engaging in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act) accepted by the implementing organization, including the applicant, does not exceed 2.|
||(xxvii) If the supervising organization comes under Article 1, item (i), sub-item (e) of the Ministerial Order on Requirements for Organizations, and the contents of the technical intern training entail operating a fishing business onboard a vessel, it fulfills the following requirements.|
||(a) If the implementing organization is a juridical person, the number of technical intern trainees (limited to those persons engaging in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act) accepted by the implementing organization, including the applicant, does not exceed the total number of full-time employees of the organization, and is within the scope of the number of persons listed in the respective right-hand column corresponding to the total number listed in the left-hand column of the table set forth in item (xi) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)".|
||(b) The number of technical intern trainees onboard the fishing vessel, including the applicant, does not exceed the number of crewmembers (except for technical intern trainees) of the implementing organization per fishing vessel.|
||(c) It has been establised that the technical intern training guidance advisor has checked the status of the implementation of the technical intern training for each fishing vessel and given a report to the supervising organization using radio communication or other means of communication at least once a day.|
||(d) It has been establised that the applicant submits a document pertaining to the status of implementation of the technical intern training at least once a month (except for months in which the technical intern training is not implemented onboard the vessel) to the supervising organization.|
||(e) It has been establised that the supervising organization confirms that the technical intern training is being properly implemented through the report set forth in sub-item (c) and the document set forth in sub-item (d), and  gives a report on the results to the regional immigration bureau that has jurisdiction over the location of the supervising organization at least once every 3 months.|
||(f) It has been established that the supervising organization prepares records on the report set forth in sub-item (c), keeps them together with the document set forth in sub-item (d) at the principal business office and preserves them for at least one year from the date of the end of the technical intern training.|
||(xxviii) If the supervising organization comes under Article 1, item (i), sub-item (e) of the Ministerial Order on Requirements for Organizations and the contents of the technical intern training do not entail operating a fishing business onboard a vessel, it fulfills the following requirements.|
||(a) If the implementing organization is a juridical person, the number of technical intern trainees (limited to those persons engaging in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act) accepted by the implementing organization, including the applicant, does not exceed the total number of full-time employees of the organization, and is within the scope of the number of persons listed in the respective right-hand column corresponding to the total number listed in the left-hand column of the table set forth in item (xi) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)".|
||(b) If the implementing organization is not a juridical person, the number of technical intern trainees (limited to those persons engaging in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act) accepted by the implementing organization, including the applicant, does not exceed two.|
||(xxix) If the supervising organization comes under Article 1, item (i), sub-item (g) of the Ministerial Order on Requirements for Organizations and the technical intern training designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice is to be implemented under the supervision of the organization, it fulfills the following requirements.|
||(a) If the implementing organization is not an organization operating an agricultural business (except for juridical persons) or an organization operating a fishing business, the number of technical intern trainees (limited to those persons engaging in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the Act) accepted by the implementing organization, including the applicant, does not exceed the total number of full-time employees of the organization, and is within the scope of the number of persons listed in the respective right-hand column corresponding to the total number listed in the left-hand column of the table set forth in item (xi) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)".|
||(b) If the implementing organization is an organization operating an agricultural business (except for juridical persons), the number of technical intern trainees (limited to those persons engaging in the activities listed in item (i) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training" specified in Appended Table I(2) of the  Act) accepted by the implementing organization, including the applicant, does not exceed two.|
||(c) If the implementing organization is an organization operating a fishing business and the contents of the technical intern training entail operating a fishing business onboard a vessel, it fulfills the requirements set forth in item (xxvii).|
||(d) If the implementing organization is an organization operating a fishing business and the contents of the technical intern training do not entail operating a fishing business onboard a vessel, it fulfills the requirements set forth in the preceding item.|
||(xxx) It has been establised that the implementing organization prepares documents pertaining to the status of the implementation of the technical intern training, keeps them at the business office implementing the technical intern training and preserves them for at least one year from the date of the end of the technical intern training.|
||(xxx)-2 It has been establised that if the implementing organization has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)", the facts relating to the misconduct will be reported immediately to the supervising organization.|
||(xxx)-3 It has been establised that if grounds have arisen making it impossible for the technical intern trainee to continue with the activities set forth in the left-hand column, the implementing organization will report immediately the fact and the measures taken in response to the supervising organization.|
||(xxxi) If the implementing organization or its operator, manager, technical intern training instructor or life guidance advisor has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)", the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a) or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee", the period listed in the respective right-hand column has elapsed since the end of the misconduct, and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent its reoccurrence; provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the technical intern training.|
||(xxxii) If the implementing organization or its operator, manager, technical intern training instructor or life guidance advisor has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)", the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a) or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee and it has received instructions to take measures for improvement from the regional immigration bureau with regard to the misconduct, the necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent its reoccurrence.|
||(xxxiii) If the implementing organization or its operator, manager, technical intern training instructor or life guidance advisor has been sentenced to a punishment pursuant to the provisions listed in item (xxi) (a) through (d) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)", it has been over 5 years since the day on which the organization or person finished serving the sentence or to be subject to its enforcement.|
||(xxx)-2 The implementing organization or its operator, manager, technical intern training instructor or life guidance advisor has not engaged in an act provided for in item (xxi)-2 of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)", in connection with the business activities of the relevant organization, in the last 5 years.|
||(xxxiv) The operator or manager of the implementing organization has engaged in the operation or supervision of technical intern training or training for foreign nationals as the operator, officer or manager of some other organization, and where relevant other organization committed the misconduct listed in the table of "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)", the misconduct listed in the table of "Technical Intern Training (i)(a) or the misconduct listed in the table of "Trainee" during the period of the person engaging in its operation or supervision, the period listed in the respective right-hand column has passed since the end of the misconduct: provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the technical intern training.|
||(xxxv) It has been established taht if there is a referral organization, relevant organization is not be for-profit and does not receive any income in connection with making arrangements pertaining to the technical intern training.|
||(xxxvi) If the referral organization or its operator, manager or full-time employee has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)", the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)" or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee", the period listed in the respective right-hand column has passed since the end of the misconduct, and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent its reoccurrence; provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the technical intern training.|
||(xxxvii) If the referral organization or its operator, manager or full-time employee has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)", the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)" or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee", and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent reoccurrence if instructions have been received from the regional immigration bureau to take measures for improvement with regard to the misconduct.|
||(xxxviii) If the referral organization or its operator, manager or full-time employee has been sentenced to a punishment pursuant to the provisions listed in item (xxi)(a) to (d) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)",it has been over 5 years since the day on which the organization or person finished serving the sentetnce or to be subject to its enforcement.|
||(xxxviii)-2 The referral organization or its operator, manager or full-time employee has not engaged in an act provided for in item (xxi)-2 of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)", in connection with the business activities of the relevant organization, in the last 5 years.|
||(xxxix) The operator or manager of the referral organization has engaged in the operation or supervision of technical intern training or training for foreign nationals as the operator, officer or manager of some other organization, and where relevant other organization committed the misconduct listed in the table of "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)", the misconduct listed in the table of "Technical Intern Training (i)(a) or the misconduct listed in the table of "Trainee" during the period of such person engaging in its operation or supervision, the period listed in the respective right-hand column has passed since the end of the misconduct: provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the technical intern training.|
||(xl) The sending organization, or its operator or manager has not engaged in an act of using or offering a forged, altered, or a false document or drawing with the intent of helping a foreign national illegally obtain a certificate, a seal of verification for landing or special permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2 of the Act, permission for landing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 4, or the permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter IV, Sections 1 or 2, or Chapter V, Section 3 of the Act, or of concealing facts relating to the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)", the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)" or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee" in connection with the business activities of the relevant organization, in the past 5 years.|
|Activities listed in  the right-hand column under "Student" of Appended Table I(4) of the Act|(i) The applicant comes under any of the following categories.|
||(a) The applicant studies at a university or an equivalent educational institution, in a specialized course of study at a vocational school (senshu gakkou), at an educational institution designated for preparing persons who have completed 12 years of education at a school in a foreign county to enter university, or at a technical school (koutou senmon gakkou) (this excludes cases where the applicant is to study at a night school or through correspondence courses exclusively).|
||(b) The applicant enters a university in Japan and study exclusively in a night school course offered by a graduate school which holds classes at the university at night (limited to cases where the university has an adequate system to manage the attendance of foreign nationals who study at the graduate school and their compliance with the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act).|
||(c) The applicant studies at a Japanese senior high school (except for evening high schools but including a course of study in the second half of a course of study at a school for secondary education (chutokyoikugakko); hereinafter the same applies in this section), the senior high school course of a school for special needs education, junior high school (including a course of study in the  first half of a course of study at a school for secondary education; hereinafter the same applies in this section) or a junior high school course of a school for special needs education, elementary school or an elementary school course of a school for special needs education, a general or advanced course at a vocational school (senshugakko) or a miscellaneous category school (kakushugakko) or an equivalent educational institution in terms of facilities and organization (except for cases where the applicant studies at a night school or through correspondence courses exclusively).|
||(ii) The applicant has sufficient assets, scholarships, or other means of support to meet this applicant expenses while in Japan; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where someone else is to pay the applicant's expenses.|
||(iii) If the applicant is to attend courses as a research student or auditing student who is to study by auditing courses exclusively,this applicant comes under item (i), sub-item (a) or (b),is enrolled as the based on some form of examination given by the authorities of the relevant educational institution and audits at least 10 hours of classes a week.|
||(iv) If the applicant intends to study at a senior high school,the applicant is under 21 years of age, and receives Japanese language education or education in the Japanese language for one year or more at the educational institution; provided, however, that this does not apply if the applicant intends to study through being accepted as a student based on a student exchange plan formulated by an organization of the Japanese national or local government, an incorporated administrative agency, incorporated national university, incorporated educational institution, public interest incorporated association, public interest incorporated foundation, or based on some other equivalent international exchange plan.|
||(iv)-2 If the applicant intends to study at a junior high school, junior high school course of a school for special needs education, elementary school or an elementary school course of a school for special needs education, the applicant comes under the following requirements; provided, however, that if the applicant intends to study through being accepted as a student or pupil based on a student exchange plan formulated by an organization of the Japanese national or local government, incorporated administrative agency, incorporated national university, incorporated educational institution, public interest incorporated association, public interest incorporated foundation, or based on some other equivalent international exchange plan, this applicant is not required to come under the requirements of (a) and (b).|
||(a) If the applicant intends to study at a junior high school, that applicant is under 18 years of age,|
||(b) If the applicant intends to study at an elementary school, that applicant is under 15 years of age.|
||(c) There is a person in Japan who is a legal guardian for the applicant.|
||(d) The educational institution where the applicant intends to study has a full-time employee who is in charge of assisting foreign students or pupils with living in Japan.|
||(e) A dormitory where there is a full-time employee assigned or other accommodation facilities where the applicant is able to engage in daily living without any hindrance are secured.|
||(v) If the applicant intends to study at a vocational school (senshu gakko)or miscellaneous category school (kakushugakko) (except for exclusive study of the Japanese language),the applicant comes under both of the following requirements; provided, however, that if the applicant is to engage in activities enrolled in an educational institution which has been established to provide primary or secondary education in a foreign language to allow for the enrollment of a considerable number of foreign nationals from abroad, the applicant is not required to fulfill the requirement in (a).|
||(a) The applicant has studied the Japanese language for at least 6 months at one of the Japanese language institutions designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice, has proven through some form of examination that the applicant has the ability to understand the Japanese language well enough to pursue a course of study at a vocational school or miscellaneous category school (kakushugakko), or has studied for at least 1 year at one of the schools (except for kindergartens) provided for in Article 1 of the Schools Act.|
||(b) The educational institution where the applicant intends to study has a full-time foreign student adviser assisting foreign students with living in Japan.|
||(vi) If the applicant is to study the Japanese language exclusively at a vocational school, miscellaneous category school or an equivalent educational institution in terms of facilities and organization, the school is one of the Japanese language institutions designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice.|
||(vii) If the applicant is to study at an educational institution that specializes in preparing persons who have completed 12 years of education at a school in a foreign country to enter a Japanese university, the educational institution is the one designated as such in a public notice by the Minister of Justice.|
||(viii) If the applicant intends to study at an educational institution equivalent to a miscellaneous category school in terms of facilities and organization (except for exclusive study of the Japanese language), the educational institution is the one designated as such in a public notice by the Minister of Justice.|
|Activities listed in  the right-hand column under "Trainee" of Appended Table I(4) of the Act|(i) The skills, etc. that the applicant intends to obtain in Japan is not skills, etc. that could be obtained mostly through the repetition of simple work.|
||(ii) The applicant is at least 18 years of age and is expected to engage in services that require the skills, etc. obtained in Japan after returning to the country of which this applicant is a national or resident.|
||(iii) The applicant intends to obtain skills, etc. that are difficult or impossible to obtain in the region in which this applicant resides.|
||(iv) The training that the applicant intends to take part in is conducted under the guidance of a person who is a full-time employee of the public or private organization in Japan (hereinafter referred to as "training instructor") that accepts trainees (hereinafter referred to as the "accepting organization") and who has at least 5 years' experience in the skills, etc. that the applicant intends to obtain.|
||(v) If practical training (referring to training (including practical work (except for that carried out at a place which has been separated in advance from the place for the manufacture of products and at a time which has been separated in advance from the time for the manufacture of products) pertaining to the operation of manufacturing equipment where the training pertains to the business of the manufacture of products) to obtain skills, etc. by engaging in the business of the manufacture or sale of products or the business of the provision of services in return for compensation; hereinafter the same applies) is included in the training which the applicant intends to take part in while in Japan, the following requirements are fulfilled.|
||(a) Cases where the applicant is to take part in training which is being implemented directly by an organization of the Japanese national or local government or an incorporated administrative agency.|
||(b) Cases where the applicant is to take part in training being implemented as a project of the Japan National Tourism Organization.|
||(c) Cases where the applicant is to take part in training being implemented as a project of the Japan International Cooperation Agency.|
||(d) Cases where the applicant is to take part in training being implemented as a project of the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation.|
||(e) Cases where the applicant is to take part in training being implemented as a project of an international organization.|
||(f) Beyond the cases given in (a) through (d), cases where the applicant is to take part in training being implemented as a project mainly operated through the funds of the Japanese national government; a Japanese local government, a juridical person directly established through a Japanese act or a juridical person established by a special act of establishment pursuant to the provisions of a special Act; or an incorporated administrative agency; and the accepting organization comes under all of the following requirements.|
||1. Accommodation facilities for the trainees have been secured (including cases where the organization which is making the arrangements (hereinafter referred to as "referral organization" in this column) for implementation of the training that the applicant intends to take part in is securing the accommodation facilities).|
||2. Training facilities for the trainees have been secured.|
||3. The accepting organization has a life guidance advisor.|
||4.  Measures such as enrollment in an insurance plan or other measures (except for industrial accident compensation insurance) have been put in place to handle the death, injury or illness of the applicant during the training (including cases where the referral organization has taken the insurance measures).|
||5. The training facilities have measures in place which are equivalent to the necessary safety and sanitation measures provided in the Labor Safety and Sanitation Act.|
||(g) If the applicant is a full-time employee of a foreign national or local government or of an organization equivalent thereof, the accepting organization comes under all of the requirements of (f), sub-items (1) through (5).|
||(h) If the applicant is to receive state assistance and guidance from the Japanese government based on the nomination of a foreign national or local government, and comes under all of the following requirements.|
||1. The applicant is to engage in business to widely spread the skills, etc. in the region of the foreign country of which this applicant is a resident.|
||2. The accepting organization comes under all of the requirements of (f), sub-items (1) through (5).|
||(v)-2 It has been established that if the accepting organization has committed the misconduct listed in the table corresponding to "Trainee", the facts relating to the misconduct to the regional immigration bureau will be reported immediately.|
||(vi) It has been established that if grounds have arisen making it impossible for the trainee to continue with the activities set forth in the left-hand column, the accepting organization will report immediately the fact and the measures to be taken in response to the regional immigration bureau.|
||(vii) The accepting organization or referral organization has taken such measures as securing the return travel expenses of the trainee and other measures to ensure return home.|
||(viii) It has been established that the accepting organization prepares documents pertaining to the status of implementation of the training, keeps them at the business office which is to implement the training, and preserves them for a minimum of one year from the date of the end of the training.|
||(ix) If practical training is included in the training which the applicant intends to take part in while in Japan, the number of hours of practical training is no more than two-thirds of the total number of hours of training to be undertaken in Japan (if two or more accepting organizations are to implement the practical training for the applicant, the total number of hours adding together the hours of practical training implemented by these organizations); provided, however, that this does not apply if the applicant comes under one of the following and the number of hours of practical training is no more than three-quarters of the total number of hours of training to be undertaken in Japan or where the applicant comes under all of the following, and the number of hours of practical training is no more than four-fifths of the total number of hours of training to be undertaken in Japan.|
||(a) Cases where is it expected that the applicant will take part in at least four months of practical training pertaining to the application in Japan.|
||(b) Cases where the applicant took part in training (except for practical training) which was directly connected to training implemented outside of Japan by a foreign public organization or an educational institution with the objective of contributing to the training which the applicant intends to take part in while in Japan, in the last 6 months, and which has a course which was at least one month in length and covered at least 160 hours (limited to those where the accepting organization has confirmed that the contents are equivalent to or greater than the training in Japan).|
||(x) If the accepting organization or its operator, manager, training instructor or life guidance advisor has committed the misconduct listed in the left-hand column of the following table pertaining to the training of foreign nationals, the period listed in the right-hand column of the same table has passed since the end of the misconduct, and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent its reoccurrence; provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the training.|
|||Misconduct pertaining to the training for foreign nationals|Period||
|||(a) An act within the accepting organization or referral organization of assaulting, intimidating or confining an accepted or referred trainee.|5 years||
|||(b) An act within the accepting organization or referral organization of taking away the passport or residence card of an accepted or referred trainee.|5 years||
|||(c) An act within the accepting organization of non-payment of all or part of the benefits to be paid to the accepted trainee.|5 years||
|||(d) Beyond the acts listed in (a) through (c), an act within the accepting organization or referral organization of substantially infringing the rights of an accepted or referred trainee.|5 years||
|||(e) An act within the accepting organization or referral organization of using or offering a forged, altered, or a false document or drawing with the intent of concealing facts relating to misconduct pertaining to the training for foreign nationals listed in this table.|5 years||
|||(f) An act within the accepting organization or referral organization of arranging contents which differ from the contents of the application set forth in Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (2) or Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act (except for acts coming under (e)) with the trainee with regard to the benefits or hours of implementation pertaining to the training for the accepted or referred trainees.|3 years||
|||(g) An act within the accepting organization of implementing training whose contents vastly differ from the training plan submitted at the time of the application set forth in Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (2) or Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Act or of not implementing the training on the basis of the plan (except for acts coming under (e)).|3 years||
|||(h) An act within the accepting organization or referral organization of having some other organization which differs from that given in the contents of the application set forth in Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7-2, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (2) or Article 21, paragraph (2) implement the training or of implementing training at the organization (except for acts coming under (e)).|3 years||
|||(i) An act within the accepting organization of implementing practical training in excess of the number or hours of training specified in the training plan.|3 years||
|||(j) An act within the accepting organization of neglecting to give a report to the regional immigration bureau if misconduct pertaining to the training for foreign nationals listed in this table was committed or where grounds have arisen making it impossible to continue with the training.|3 years||
|||(k) An act within the accepting organization of giving rise to missing persons (except where there are no causes attributable to the fault of the accepting organization) of the number or more (where there is a fraction of less than one person, the number is rounded up) listed in the right-hand column corresponding to the total number of accepted trainees (including technical intern trainees: the same applies hereinafter in this item (k)) listed in the left-hand column of the following table within the previous year (referring to the total number of trainees accepted or employed during the period; hereinafter the same applies in (k)) with regard to the accepted missing trainees.|3 years||
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||||Total number of accepted trainees|Number||||
||||50 or more|One-fifth of the total number accepted||||
||||Between 20 and 49|10 trainees||||
||||19 or less|One-half of the total number accepted||||
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|||(l) An act within the accepting organization or referral organization of engaging in the acts listed in any of Article 24, item (iii)-4, sub-items (a) through (c) of the Act or of inducing or aiding another to engage in the listed acts towards a foreign national.|3 years||
|||(m) An act within a for-profit referral organization of making arrangements in connection with the training or an act within a non-profit referral organization of acquiring an income and making arrangements in connection with the training.|3 years||
|||(n) An act of committing any of the misconduct listed in this table within 3 years of having committed the misconduct pertaining to the training for foreign nationals listed in this table (except for (o); hereinafter the same applies in this (n)), the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)" or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)", and having received instructions from the regional immigration bureau to take improvement measures.|3 years||
|||(o) An act within the accepting organization of neglecting to prepare, keep or preserve documents pertaining to the status of implementation of the training.|1 year||
||(xi) If the accepting organization or its operator, manager, training instructor or life guidance advisor has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a) or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)", the period listed in the respective right-hand column has passed since the end of such misconduct, and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent its reoccurrence; provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the technical intern training.|
||(xii) If the accepting organization or its operator, manager, training instructor or life guidance advisor has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee", the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a) or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)" and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent reoccurrence if instructions have been received from the regional immigration bureau to take measures for improvement with regard to the misconduct.|
||(xiii) If the accepting organization or its operator, manager, training instructor or life guidance advisor has been sentenced to a punishment pursuant to the provisions of item (xxi), (a) through (d) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)", it has been over 5 years since the day on which the organization or person finished serving the sentence or to be subject to its enforcement.|
||(xiii)-2 The accepting organization or its operator, manager, technical intern training instructor or life guidance advisor has not committed an act provided for in item (xxi)-2 of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)" in connection with the business activities of the relevant organization in the last 5 years.|
||(xiv) The operator or manager of the accepting organization has engaged in the operation or supervision of training or technical intern training for foreign nationals as the operator, officer or manager of some other organization, and where relevant other organization committed the misconduct listed in the table of "Trainee", the misconduct listed in the table of "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)" or the misconduct listed in the table of "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)" during the period of the person engaging in its operation or supervision, the period listed in the respective right-hand column has passed since the end of the misconduct: provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the training.|
||(xv) It has been established that if there is a referral organization, the organization is not for-profit and does not receive any income in connection with making arrangements pertaining to the training.|
||(xvi) If an organization other than an organization of the Japanese national or local government, or an incorporated administrative agency makes arrangements for the training in which the applicant intends to take part, if the referral organization or its operator, manager or full-time employee has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee", the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a) or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)" the period listed in the respective right-hand column has passed since the end of the misconduct, and necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent its reoccurrence; provided, however, that this does not apply if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the training.|
||(xvii) If an organization other than an organization of the Japanese national or local government, or an incorporated administrative agency makes arrangements for the training in which the applicant intends to take part, if the referral organization or its operator, manager or full-time employee has committed the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee", the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a) or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)" and it has received instructions to take measures for improvement from the regional immigration bureau regarding the misconduct, the necessary measures for improvement have been taken to prevent its reoccurrence.|
||(xviii) If an organization other than an organization of the Japanese national or local government, or an incorporated administrative agency makes arrangements for the training in which the applicant intends to take part, if the referral organization or its operator, manager or full-time employee has been sentenced to a punishment pursuant to the provisions of item (xxi), (a) to (d) of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)", it has been over 5 years since the day on which the organization or person finished serving the sentence or to be subject to its enforcement.|
||(xviii)-2 If an organization other than an organization of the Japanese national or local government, or an incorporated administrative agency makes arrangements for the training in which the applicant intends to take part, the referral organization or its operator, manager or full-time employee has not engaged in an act provided for in item (xxi)-2 of the right-hand column corresponding to "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)" in connection with the business activities of the relevant organization in the last 5 years.|
||(xix) If an organization other than an organization of the Japanese national or local government, or an incorporated administrative agency makes arrangements for the training in which the applicant intends to take part, if the operator or manager of the referral organization has engaged in the operation or supervision of training or technical intern training for foreign nationals as the operator, officer or manager of some other organization, and where relevant other organization committed the misconduct listed in the table of "Trainee", the misconduct listed in the table of "Technical Intern Training (i)(a) or the misconduct listed in the table of "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)" during the period of the person engaging in its operation or supervision, the period listed in the respective right-hand column has passed since the end of the misconduct: provided, however, that this does not applies if the misconduct did not interfere with the proper implementation of the technical intern training.|
||(xx) The sending organization, or its operator or manager has not engaged in an act of using or offering a forged, altered, or a false document or drawing with the intent of helping a foreign national illegally obtain a certificate, a seal of verification for landing or special permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2 of the Act, permission for landing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 4, or permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter IV, Sections 1 or 2, or Chapter V, Section 3 of the Act, or of concealing facts relating to the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Trainee", the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(a)" or the misconduct listed in the table set forth in "Technical Intern Training (i)(b)", in connection with the business activities of the relevant organization, in the past 5 years.|
|Activities listed in  the right-hand column under "Dependent" of Appended Table I(4) of the Act|The applicant is a dependent of a person residing in Japan with a status of residence listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table I (1) or (2) of the Act or with a status of residence for "Cultural Activities" or with a status of residence of "Student" (limited to those coming under item (i), sub-item (a) or (b) corresponding to the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Student" specified in Appended Table I(4) of the Act in this table).|