(i)multiple corporations with the same parent company (meaning the parent company as prescribed in Article 2, item (iv) of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005)); or

(ii)beyond the multiple corporations given in the preceding item, multiple corporations recognized by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare as those which have a close relationship with each other.

(i)if the applicant has already made a notification under Article 17 of the Act, the notification acceptance number of the implementing organization for that notification;

(ii)in cases of a corporation, the title of the officer and corporation number (meaning the corporation number as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (15) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013); the same applies hereinafter in Article 26, item (i));

(iii)the business type of the applicant;

(iv)the title of the technical intern training manager (meaning the person responsible for implementing the technical intern training as prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (2), item (vii) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter);

(v)the name and title of the technical intern training instructor (meaning the technical intern training instructor appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1), item (ii); the same applies hereinafter) and the life guidance counsellor (meaning the life guidance counsellors appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same paragraph; the same applies hereinafter);

(vi)the date of birth, age and sex of the technical intern trainees.

(vii)in cases related to technical intern training (iii), the information coming under either of the following items:

(viii)in cases related to technical intern training (ii), the status of achievement of the goals specified in the technical intern training plan for the technical intern training (i); and in cases relating to technical intern training (iii), the status of achievement of the goals specified in the technical intern training plan for the technical intern training (ii);

(ix)in cases related to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, the license number of the supervising organization, the type of license, the name of the supervision manager (meaning the supervision manager prescribed in Article 40, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter), the name and location of the places of business of which that organization is in charge, and the name of the person in charge of instruction for preparation of the technical intern training plan; and

(x)if the relevant case is related to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, and a sending organization acting as a broker is involved with the case, the name of that intermediating sending organization.

(i)if the applicant is a corporation, a certificate of registered information of the applicant, a balance sheet, a profit and loss statement or income and expenditure statement for the last two business years, and a copy of the residence certificate of its officer (or if an officer is a minor who does not possess the same capacity for carrying out business as an adult, a copy of the residence certificate of that officer and that of their legal representative (or if that legal representative is a corporation, its certificate of registered information, its articles of incorporation or certificate of acts of endowment, and a copy of the residence certificate of its officer)); or if the applicant is not a corporation, a copy of the residence certificate of the applicant and a copy of their tax return form;

(ii)a summary report of the applicant;

(iii)the applicant's written pledge to having the technical intern trainee engage in technical intern training;

(iv)a copy of the passport of the technical intern trainee or any other document proving the identity of the technical intern trainee; and their curriculum vitae;

(v)the curriculum vitae of the technical intern training manager, the paper document in which the person who has been appointed to that position agrees to assume office, and a copy of their written pledge for the technical intern training.

(vi)the curriculum vitae of the technical intern training instructor, the paper document in which the person who has been appointed to that position agrees to assume office, and a copy of their written pledge for the technical intern training;

(vii)the curriculum vitae of the life guidance counsellor, the paper document in which the person who has been appointed to that position agrees to assume office, and a copy of their written pledge for the technical intern training;

(viii)in cases related to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, a written pledge by the sending organization acting as a broker for the supervising-organization-type technical intern training based on the technical intern training plan;

(ix)in cases related to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, a copy of the written contract for the agreement entered into by the supervising organization and the applicant on its supervision, or a copy of an equivalent document;

(x)in cases related to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, a copy of the written contract for the agreement entered into by the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainee and the sending organization acting as a broker on the supervising-organization-type technical intern training;

(xi)in cases related to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training, documents that clearly show the relationship between the applicant and the organization to which the person wishing to become an individual-enterprise-type technical intern trainee belongs in their home country, and a certificate prepared by that organization for sending the individual-enterprise-type technical intern trainee;

(xii)if a preparatory organization in a foreign country is involved in the relevant case, a summary report and written pledge of said preparatory organization in a foreign country;

(xiii)a copy of the contract for the employment agreement entered into with the technical intern trainee, and a copy of the written conditions for employment;

(xiv)a document explaining that the amount of remuneration paid to the technical intern trainee is to be no less than that which a Japanese national would receive for comparable work;

(xv)in cases related to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training, a document clearly showing that the applicant has confirmed that the accommodation facilities are appropriate; or in cases related to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, a document clearly showing that the supervising organization has confirmed that the accommodation facilities are appropriate;

(xvi)a breakdown of expenses regularly paid by the technical intern trainee for food costs, residential expenses and other expenses regardless of the reason therefor, and a document explaining that such expenses are appropriate.

(xvii)in cases related to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training, a document clearly showing that the applicant or the foreign public or private organization as provided for in Article 2 has explained the content of the treatment during the period of the technical intern training, and the technical intern trainee has sufficiently understood the content of the treatment; or in cases related to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, a document clearly showing that the applicant, supervising organization, or sending organization acting as a broker has explained the content of that treatment, and the relevant trainee has sufficiently understood it;

(xviii)a document prepared by the technical intern trainee clearly showing that the trainee understands the purpose of the technical intern training program (hereinafter referred to as "purpose of the program"), which is to promote international cooperation through the transfer of skills, technique or knowledge (hereinafter referred to as "skills, etc.") to developing regions or elsewhere, and that the trainee comes under Article 10, paragraph (2), item (iii), sub-item(c) and item (vi), sub-item (b);

(xix)in cases related to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, a document clearly showing the amount and breakdown of the expenses which the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainee has paid to the sending organization acting as a broker in sending the application for supervising-organization-type technical intern training, or to the preparatory organization in a foreign country for the preparations for the supervising-organization-type technical intern training in a foreign country; and also clearly showing that the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainee has sufficiently understood the relevant amount and breakdown;

(xx)a document describing the reason for having the technical intern trainees engage in the technical intern training;

(xxi)a recommendation letter for the recommendation as prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (2), item (iii), sub-item (f), in cases related to supervising-organization-type technical intern training;

(xxii)in cases related to technical intern training (ii), a copy of a document in which the test conductor of a trade skills test certifies that the technical intern trainee has passed the basic trade skills test (meaning the trade skills test as provided for in Article 44, paragraph (1) of the Human Resources Development Promotion Act (Act No. 64 of 1969); the same applies hereinafter), or the test conductor of a technical intern training evaluation examination certifies that the technical intern trainee has passed an equivalent technical intern training evaluation examination (meaning the technical intern training evaluation examination as provided for in Article 8, paragraph (2), item (vi) of the Act);

(xxiii)in cases related to technical intern training (iii), a copy of a document in which the test conductor of a trade skills test or a technical intern training evaluation examination certifies that the technical intern trainee has passed the practical section of the grade 3 trade skills test, or the test conductor of a technical intern training evaluation examination certifies that the technical intern trainee has passed the practical section of an equivalent technical intern training evaluation examination;

(xxiv)in cases related to technical intern training (iii) or in cases in which it is necessary to apply the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (2), a document clearly showing that the standards as provided for in Article 15 have been met;

(xxv)a list of technical intern trainees related to the technical intern training plan in which the applicant has received the accreditation as provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act; and

(xxvi)other necessary documents.

(i)technical intern training (i): the standard is to have one of the following as a goal:

(ii)technical intern training (ii):the standard is that the goal is for the technical intern trainee to pass the practical section of the grade 3 trade skills test relevant to increasing proficiency in the skills, etc. or of an equivalent technical intern training evaluation examination; and

(iii)technical intern training (iii):the standard is that the goal is for the technical intern trainee to pass the practical section of the grade 2 trade skills test relevant to attaining proficiency in the skills, etc. or of an equivalent technical intern training evaluation examination.

(i)the skills, etc. which are to be acquired, whose proficiency is to be increased, or whose proficiency is to be attained (hereinafter referred to as "acquired") are to come under all of the following items:

(ii)the work to be engaged in is to come under all of the following items:

(iii)the technical intern trainee is to come under all of the following:

(iv)the applicant is to come under all of the following items:

(v)the preparatory organization in a foreign country or its officer has not committed an act of using or providing a forged, altered, or false document or drawing within the past five years, for the purpose of having the person whom it seeks to have engage in the technical intern training obtain the accreditation provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act illegally; for the purpose of having the person seeking to engage in the supervising business obtain the license provided for in Article 23, paragraph (1) or Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Act or the renewal provided for in Article 31, paragraph (2) of the Act illegally; for the purpose of concealing facts which violate the provisions of laws and regulations relating to immigration or labor; or for the purpose of having a foreign national, in relation to its business activities, illegally obtain the certificate, seal of verification (including the record provided for in the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4) of the Immigration Control Act; the same applies hereinafter) or permission for landing provided for in the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or Section 2 of the Immigration Control Act, the permission for landing provided for in the provisions of Section 4 of the same Chapter, or the permission provided for in the provisions of Chapter IV, Section 1 or Section 2 or Chapter V, Section 3 of the Immigration Control Act;

(vi)the standard is to be that all of the following are satisfied in relation to implementation of the technical intern training;

(vii)in cases relating to technical intern training (i), the post-entry lectures are to fall under all of the following items:

(viii)in addition to those matters listed in each of the preceding items, in cases relating to specific job categories and operations specified by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare in a public notice, the standards provided for in a public notice by the competent minister for the business relating to those specific job categories and operations (meaning the competent minister for the business pertaining to such job categories and operations provided for in Article 53 of the Act; the same applies hereinafter) in consideration of the circumstances specific to them after consultation with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare are to be met.

(i)to pass the practical and paper section of the basic trade skills test relating to the skills, etc. to be acquired, etc. or of an equivalent technical intern training evaluation examination;

(ii)to pass the practical section of the grade 3 or grade 2 trade skills test relating to the skills, etc. to be acquired, etc. or of an equivalent technical intern training evaluation examination; or

(iii)it is presented as its contents for the trainee to become able to perform specific work which requires the skills, etc. to be acquired, etc. and to acquire, etc. the knowledge relating to those skills, etc. (limited to those found to be appropriate in light of the length of the technical intern training).

(i)All of the job categories and operations are those subject to transfer; and

(ii)The skills, etc. relating to each job category and operation are related to each other, and there is a rational reason for conducting technical intern training for multiple job categories and operations.

(i)the technical intern training manager is to supervise the technical intern training instructors, life guidance counsellors and other personnel involved in the technical intern training other than the relevant manager, manage the progress of the technical intern training, and in addition, generally supervise the following:

(ii)at least one technical intern training instructor is to be appointed as a person responsible for instruction for the technical intern training, among the applicant, their full-time officers, or their employees that belong to the place of business where the technical intern training is conducted; have five years' experience or more with regard to the skills, etc. which the trainee is to acquire, etc.; and do not fall under any of the following sub-items:

(iii)at least one life guidance counsellor is to be appointed as a person responsible for instruction for living guidance, from among the applicant, their full-time officers, or their employees that belong to the place of business where the technical intern training is conducted; and do not fall under any of sub-items (a) through (c) of the preceding item;

(iv)in cases relating to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training (i), the applicant has secured facilities for implementation of the post-entry lectures; or in cases relating to supervising-organization-type technical intern training (i), the supervising organization has secured facilities for implementation of the post-entry lectures;

(v)in cases relating to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training, the applicant has given notification of the establishment of insurance relations for industrial accident compensation insurance pursuant to the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance (Act No. 50 of 1947) or has taken other similar measures in connection with the business of the applicant; or in cases relating to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, the applicant or supervising organization has given that notification or has taken other similar measures in connection with the business of the applicant;

(vi)in cases relating to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training, the applicant is to pay for the travel expenses required for the temporary return to the home country provided for in Article 10, paragraph (2), item (iii), sub-item(g) (for the temporary return provided for in the same item, sub-item (g), 1., the relevant case is limited to those in which the application for accreditation set forth under Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act is made while the technical intern trainee (ii) is engaging in technical intern training (ii); the same applies in Article 52, item (ix)) and the travel expenses required for return to the home country after completion of the technical intern training, and is to take necessary measures to ensure smooth return to the home country after the conclusion of the technical intern training; or in cases relating to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, the supervising organization is to pay for the relevant travel expenses required for the temporary return to the home country and for return to the home country after completion of the technical intern training, and is to take the aforementioned necessary measures;

(vii)if the supervising organization is to receive an application for supervising-organization-type technical intern training through a broker, that broker is a sending organization in a foreign country;

(viii)the applicant, their officer (meaning the personnel, director, or executive officer who conducts business, or a person equivalent to them; and including persons who are considered to have control power equivalent to or greater than the personnel, director, or executive officer who conducts business towards a corporation, or their equivalent person, regardless of whether they are a counselor, advisor or have any other title), or their employee has not committed an act of serious infringement of the human rights of a technical intern trainee within the past five years;

(ix)the applicant, their officer, or their employee has not committed an act of using or providing a forged, altered, or false document or drawing within the past five years, for the purpose of obtaining the accreditation as provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act illegally; for the purpose of having a person seeking to engage in supervising business obtain the license as provided for in Article 23, paragraph (1) or Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Act or the renewal as provided for in Article 31, paragraph (2) of the Act illegally; for the purpose of concealing facts in violation of the provisions of laws and regulations relating to immigration or labor; or for the purpose of having a foreign national, in relation to their business activities, illegally obtain the certificate provided for in the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or Section 2 of the Immigration Control Act, a seal of verification or permission for landing, the permission for landing provided for in the provisions of Section 4 of the same Chapter, or the permission provided for in the provisions of Chapter IV, Section 1 or Section 2 or Chapter V, Section 3 of the Immigration Control Act;

(x)in cases coming to fall under any of the items of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act, the relevant fact is to be reported immediately to the OTIT in cases of an organization implementing individual-enterprise-type technical intern training or to the supervising organization in cases of an organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training;

(xi)arrangements whose contents differ from the technical intern training plan have not been made by the applicant or supervising organization;

(xii)the supervising organization has taken the necessary measures for improvement, if the relevant case is related to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, and the supervising organization has received an order for improvement under Article 36, paragraph (1) of the Act;

(xiii)a structure for instruction for the technical intern trainees or some other framework to ensure continuous implementation of the technical intern training has been appropriately prepared; and

(xiv)in addition to those matters listed in each of the preceding items, in cases relating to specific job categories and operations specified by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare in a public notice, the standards provided for in a public notice by the competent minister for the business relating to those specific job categories and operations in consideration of the circumstances specific to them after consultation with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare are to be met.

(i)the machinery, apparatus and other equipment necessary for acquisition, etc. of the skills, etc. are available; and

(ii)in addition to those matters listed in the preceding item, in cases related to specific job categories and operations specified by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare in a public notice, the standards provided for in a public notice by the competent minister for the business relating to those specific job categories and operations in consideration of the circumstances specific to them after consultation with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare are to be met.

(i)in cases relating to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training, the applicant has secured appropriate accommodation for the technical intern trainees; or in cases relating to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, the applicant or the supervising organization has secured appropriate accommodation for the technical intern trainees;

(ii)in cases relating to individual-enterprise-type technical intern training, the applicant has taken measures to enable technical intern trainees (i) to concentrate on their post-entry lectures through the payment of an allowance or some other method; or in cases pertaining to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, the applicant or the supervising organization has taken those measures;

(iii)in cases relating to supervising-organization-type technical intern training, the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainee are not to be made to directly or indirectly pay for the expenses collected as supervision fees pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (2) of the Act;

(iv)the technical intern trainee has reached an agreement with the applicant on the expenses to be paid for regularly by the technical intern trainee regardless of whether they are food expenses, accommodation expenses or other expenses, after that trainee sufficiently understood the contents of the meals, accommodation facilities and other benefits to be provided in exchange for those expenses; and the amount of those expenses is equivalent to the actual expenses or is otherwise an appropriate amount; and

(v)in addition to those matters listed in each of the preceding items, in cases relating to specific job categories and operations specified by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare in a public notice, the standards provided for in a public notice by the competent minister for the business relating to those specific job categories and operations in consideration of the circumstances specific to them, after consultation with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare are to be met.

(i)achievements on acquisition, etc. of the skills, etc.;

(ii)a structure for the technical intern training;

(iii)treatment of the technical intern trainees;

(iv)the status of violations of laws or regulations relating to immigration or labor, disappearance of technical intern trainees, or other problems;

(v)the system for protection and support of the technical intern trainees such as responses to consultations from the technical intern trainees, and the status of its implementation; and

(vi)the status of efforts towards harmonious coexistence between the technical intern trainees and the local community.

(i)individual-enterprise-type technical intern training (excluding those provided for in the following item):the number obtained by multiplying the total number of full-time staff (excluding the full-time staff and technical intern trainees belonging to the place of business in a foreign country; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) of the applicant by one-twentieth for individual-enterprise-type technical intern trainees (i), and the number obtained by multiplying the total number of full-time staff of the applicant by one-tenth for technical intern trainees (ii); or

(ii)individual-enterprise-type technical intern training (limited to that approved by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare as having a structure enabling individual-enterprise-type technical intern training to be conducted on a continuous and stable basis even in cases of accepting as many individual-enterprise-type technical intern trainees as specified in this item) or supervising-organization-type technical intern training:the number specified in the right-hand column of the following table corresponding to the total number of full-time staff of the applicant given in the left-hand column of the same Table for technical intern trainee (i) (or, in cases in which the number specified in the right-hand column exceeds the total number of full-time employees of the applicant, that total number of full-time employees); and the number obtained by multiplying the number specified in the right-hand column of the same Table by two corresponding to the total number of full-time staff of the applicant given in the left-hand column of the same Table for technical intern trainees (ii) (or, in cases in which the number thus obtained exceeds the number obtained by multiplying the total number of full-time employees of the applicant by two, that number obtained by multiplying the total number of full-time employees of the applicant by two).

(i)individual-enterprise-type technical intern training as provided for in item (i) of the preceding paragraph:the number obtained by multiplying the total number of full-time employees of the applicant by one-tenth for technical intern trainees (i); the number obtained by multiplying the total number of full-time employees of the applicant by one-fifth for technical intern trainees (ii); and the number obtained by multiplying the total number of full-time employees of the applicant by three-tenths for technical intern trainees (iii); or

(ii)technical intern training listed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph:the number obtained by multiplying the number specified in the right-hand column of the same Table by two for technical intern trainees (i) corresponding to the category of the total number of full-time employees of the applicant given in the left-hand column of the table of the same item (or, in cases in which that number thus obtained exceeds the total number of full-time employees of the applicant, that total number of full-time employees); the number obtained by multiplying the number specified in the right-hand column of the same Table by four corresponding to the category of the total number of full-time employees of the applicant given in the left-hand column of the table of the same item for technical intern trainees (ii) (or, in cases in which that number thus obtained exceeds the number obtained by multiplying the total number of full-time employees of the applicant by two, that number obtained by multiplying the total number of full-time employees by two); the number obtained by multiplying the number specified in the right-hand column of the same Table by six corresponding to the category of the total number of full-time employees of the applicant given in the left-hand column of the table of the same item for technical intern trainees (iii) (or, in cases in which that number thus obtained exceeds the number obtained by multiplying the total number of full-time employees of the applicant by three, that number obtained by multiplying the total number of full-time employees by three).

(i)it has become difficult for another implementing organization to conduct technical intern training for technical intern trainees (i), and the applicant is to offer those trainees an opportunity to continue with the technical intern training:technical intern training (i) or technical intern training (ii);

(ii)it has become difficult for another implementing organization to conduct technical intern training for technical intern trainees (ii), and the applicant is to offer those trainees an opportunity to continue with the technical intern training:technical intern training (ii);

(iii)it has become difficult for another implementing organization to conduct technical intern training for technical intern trainees (iii), and the applicant is to offer those trainees an opportunity to continue with the technical intern training:technical intern training (iii); or

(iv)a technical intern trainee (i) whom the applicant has engage in technical intern training wishes to continue with that training under the applicant despite the occurrence of exceptional circumstances after the commencement of technical intern training (i):technical intern training (ii).

(i)changes in the goals of the technical intern training;

(ii)changes relating to the job categories and operations in the content of the technical intern training; and

(iii)in addition to those matters listed in the preceding two items, changes that have a substantial effect on implementation of the technical intern training which is subject to the accredited plan (meaning the accredited plan as provided for in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter).

(i)the name and address of the notifying party; and

(ii)the accreditation number and accreditation date of the technical intern training plan.

(i)the notifying party's notification acceptance number for the implementing organization, name and address;

(ii)the accreditation number for the technical intern training plan, accreditation date and category of technical intern training;

(iii)the name, nationality, date of birth, age and sex of the technical intern trainees;

(iv)the cause which has made it difficult to conduct the technical intern training, the date when it arose, and the reason for it;

(v)the current status of the technical intern trainees; and

(vi)the measures to be taken to continue with the technical intern training.

(i)the management records of the technical intern trainees;

(ii)the management records relating to the status of implementation of the accredited plan;

(iii)a daily record of the work which the technical intern trainees are engaging in, and the contents of instruction for the technical intern trainees;

(iv)in cases of an organization implementing individual-enterprise-type technical intern training, documents that record the status of implementation of the pre-entry and post-entry lectures; and

(v)in addition to those matters listed in each of the preceding items, in cases related to specific job categories and operations specified by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare in a public notice, the documents provided for in a public notice by the competent minister for the business relating to those specific job categories and operations in consideration of the circumstances specific to them, after consultation with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare.

(i)the relevant organization has received a recommendation as those able to act appropriately as a broker for sending job applications for supervising-organization-type technical intern training to the supervising organization, from a public organization of the country or region where their place of business for sending supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees to Japan is located;

(ii)the relevant organization is to appropriately select and send to Japan only those persons who seek to engage in the technical intern training and who understand the purpose of the program;

(iii)the relevant organization is to clearly stipulate and publish the criteria for calculation of the fees and other expenses collected from the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees, etc., and is to clearly show and explain these expenses to the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees, etc.;

(iv)the relevant organization is to make arrangements for employment placement and offer other necessary support so that those who have completed the supervising-organization-type technical intern training and return to their home country are able to appropriately utilize the skills, which they have acquired, etc.;

(v)the relevant organization is to cooperate with the surveys conducted by the Minister of Justice and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare or by the OTIT on the status of the transfer of skills, etc. by persons who have completed the supervising-organization-type technical intern training, and with other requests from the Minister of Justice and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, or from the OTIT, regarding proper implementation of the technical intern training or protection of technical intern trainees;

(vi)the relevant organization or their officer is not a person who was sentenced to imprisonment without work or a severer punishment (or an equivalent sentence under foreign laws or regulations), and five years have not yet passed since the day on which they finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its enforcement;

(vii)the relevant organization is to conduct their business in accordance with the laws and regulations of the country or region provided for in item (i);

(viii)the relevant organization or their officer has not committed any of the following acts within the past five years:

(ix)in sending the application for supervising-organization-type technical intern training as a broker, the relevant organization is to obtain a confirm from a person who wishes to become a supervising-organization-type technical intern trainee on the fact that the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainee, etc., their spouse, their lineal relative, their cohabiting relative, or any other person who has a close relationship with that trainee, etc. as a part of their life is not subject to the management of their money or other property, regardless of whether that management is conducted as a collection of deposit or for any other reason therefor; and has not entered into a contract that stipulates penalties for non-performance of a contract relating to the supervising-organization-type technical intern training, or entered into any other contract which expects the unjust transfer of money or other property; and

(x)in addition to those matters listed in each of the preceding items, the relevant organization is to have the necessary capability to appropriately act as a broker for sending applications for supervising-organization-type technical intern training with the supervising organization in Japan.

(i)the title of the officer and corporate number;

(ii)the name of the managing officer (meaning the officer responsible for the supervising business; the same applies hereinafter below);

(iii)in cases of taking the measures as provided for in Article 25, paragraph (1), item (v), sub-item (b) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "measures for the external audit"), the name of the person conducting the external audit (hereinafter referred to as "external auditor"); or, in cases of not taking those measures, the name of the designated external officer (meaning the officer designated in accordance with the provisions of Article 30, paragraph (2); the same applies hereinafter);

(iv)the type of corporation;

(v)the scope, etc. of the applicable job categories of the supervising-organization-type technical intern training;

(vi)in cases of intending to accept applications for supervising-organization-type technical intern training without using a broker, an outline of the method of accepting applications for supervising-organization-type technical intern training;

(vii)the planned date of starting the supervising business; and

(viii)an outline of the structure to respond to consultations from the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees.

(i)the certificate of registered information of the person that seeks to obtain the license as prescribed in Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "applicant" in this Section); the articles of incorporation or certificate of act of endowment; a balance sheet; and a profit and loss statement or income and expenditure statement for the last two business years;

(ii)the details of the assets relating to the supervising business, and documents certifying the relations of rights therein;

(iii)a summary report of the applicant;

(iv)a copy of the regulations relating to proper management of personal information and maintenance of confidentiality for each place of business where the supervising business is conducted;

(v)a copy of the regulations relating to management of the business of the supervising organization (including collection of supervision fees) for each place of business where the supervising business is conducted;

(vi)a written pledge relating to the supervising-organization-type technical intern training prepared by the applicant;

(vii)a copy of the residence certificate of the officer of the applicant (or in cases in which the officer is a minor who does not possess the same capacity for carrying out business as an adult, a copy of the residence certificate of the officer and of their legal representative (or in cases in which that legal representative is a corporation, the certificate of registered information, its articles of incorporation or certificate of acts of endowment, and a copy of the residence certificate of its officer)), and the officer's curriculum vitae;

(viii)a copy of the residence certificate of the supervision manager, a curriculum vitae, and a copy of their written acceptance of appointment and their written pledge relating to the supervising-organization-type technical intern training;

(ix)in cases of taking measures for an external audit, the external auditor's summary report, and a copy of their written acceptance of the appointment and their written pledge relating to the supervising-organization-type technical intern training;

(x)in cases in which the measures are not taken for an external audit, a copy of a written acceptance of appointment to a designated external officer and their written pledge relating to the supervising-organization-type technical intern training;

(xi)the following documents, in cases of seeking to receive an application for supervising-organization-type technical intern training through a sending organization in a foreign country which acts as a broker:

(xii)the curriculum vitae of the person engaged in guidance for preparation of the technical intern training plan;

(xiii)a document showing that the standards as provided for in Article 31 have been met in cases relating to an application for a license for general supervising business;

(xiv)in cases of conducting supervision relating to a supervising-organization-type technical intern trainee who is a mariner (meaning the mariner provided for in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Mariners' Employment Security Act (Act No. 130 of 1948), a document showing that the license as provided for in Article 34, paragraph (1) of the same Act has been obtained; and

(xv)other necessary documents.

(i)a chamber of commerce and industry (limited to cases in which the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training supervised under supervision by that chamber is a member of that chamber);

(ii)a chamber of commerce (limited to cases in which the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training under supervision by that chamber is a member of that chamber);

(iii)a small and medium-sized enterprise association (meaning a small and medium-sized enterprise association prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Organization of Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Association (Act No. 185 of 1957)) (limited to cases in which the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training under supervision by that association is a partner or member of that association);

(iv)a vocational training corporation;

(v)an agricultural cooperative (limited to cases in which the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training under supervision by that cooperative is a member of that cooperative, and is engaged in agriculture);

(vi)a fisheries cooperative (limited to cases in which the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training under supervision by that cooperative is a member of that cooperative, and is engaged in fisheries);

(vii)a public interest incorporated association;

(viii)a public interest incorporated foundation; and

(ix)a corporation other than the corporation listed in each of the preceding items, which has a special reason for conducting supervising business, and has established an appropriate agency to make decisions on important matters and to perform an audit of business.

(i)the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training under supervision by the applicant, or its officer or employee; or a person who was one of those persons within the past five years;

(ii)an officer or employee of an organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training under supervision by the applicant within the past five years, or a person who was one of those persons within the past five years;

(iii)the spouse or a blood relative within the second degree of kinship of the person provided for in the preceding two items; and

(iv)a person that has a close relationship with the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training, as a part of their life, if this could possibly cause the fairness of a designated external officer's check provided for in the following paragraph to be impaired.

(i)a person who has completed the course for external officers provided for by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare in a public notice, within the past three years; and

(ii)a person who does not come under any of the following:

(i)receiving reports from the managing officers and supervising managers; and

(ii)checking the equipment at the places of business of the applicant, and inspecting the books, documents, and other items.

(i)the persons given in paragraph (1), items (i) through (iii); and

(ii)persons who have a close relationship with the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training as a part of their life, if this could possibly cause the fairness of the external audit to be impaired.

(i)a person who has completed the course for external auditors provided for by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare provided in a public notice, within the past three years; and

(ii)a person who does not come under any of the following items:

(i)the external auditor is to check whether an audit of the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training and other the applicant's business is being properly implemented, at least once every three months through the methods listed in the items of paragraph (3) for each place of business where the supervising business is conducted; and is to submit a document stating the results to the applicant; and

(ii)the external auditor is to accompany the applicant when the applicant conducts an audit provided for in the provisions of Article 52, item (i) for each place of business where the supervising business is conducted, at least once a year, in order to check whether the audit of the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training is being properly conducted; and is to submit a document stating the results to the applicant.

(i)a system for conducting audits of the status of implementation of the supervising-organization-type technical intern training, or for conducing other work; and their implementation status;

(ii)achievement relating to acquisition, etc. of the skills, etc. in the supervising-organization-type technical intern training under supervision by the applicant;

(iii)the status of violations of laws or regulations relating to immigration or labor, disappearance of supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees, or other problems;

(iv)the system for protection and support of supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees such as responses to consultations from supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees, and the status of its implementation; and

(v)the status of efforts towards harmonious coexistence between the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees and the local community.

(i)cases of specifying the contents of the work to be engaged in, wages, working hours and other labor conditions (hereinafter referred to below as "contents, etc. of the work to be engaged in" ) within the scope of the contents, etc. of the work to be engaged in as clearly indicated under Article 5-3, paragraph (1) of the Employment Security Act as applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (2) of the Act following the deemed replacement of terms for supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees, etc.;

(ii)cases of deleting the contents, etc. of the work to be engaged in, as clearly indicated under Article 5-3, paragraph (1) of the Employment Security Act as applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (2) of the Act following the deemed replacement of the terms for supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees, etc.; and

(iii)cases of adding the contents, etc. of the work to be engaged in.

(i)contents, etc. of the work to be engaged in which are specified in cases of item (i) of the preceding paragraph;

(ii)contents, etc. of the work to be engaged in which are deleted in cases of item (ii) of the preceding paragraph; and

(iii)contents, etc. of the work to be engaged in which are added in cases of item (iii) of the preceding paragraph.

(i)matters relating to the content of the work which the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainee is to engage in;

(ii)matters relating to the length of the labor contract;

(iii)matters relating to the workplace;

(iv)matters relating to work start times and end times, necessity of work for more than the prescribed working hours, break times, and holidays;

(v)matters relating to the amount of wages (excluding extraordinary wages, bonuses and payments listed in each item of Article 8 of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act (Order of the Ministry of Health and Welfare No. 23 of 1947));

(vi)matters relating to the application of health insurance under the National Health Insurance Act (Act No. 70 of 1922), the employees pension insurance under the Employees' Welfare Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 115 of 1954), the industrial accident compensation insurance under the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, and the employment insurance under the Employment Insurance Act (Act No. 116 of 1974); and

(vii)matters relating to the name of the person seeking to employ supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees, etc.

(i)delivery of a written document; or

(ii)the relevant of the following methods, if the document receiver (meaning the person who is to receive the delivery of a written document in cases in which the matters to be indicated are clearly indicated through the method set forth in the preceding item; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 35, paragraph (3)) has requested delivery through either of those methods:

(i)the license has been revoked;

(ii)the expiration date of the license has passed;

(iii)the supervising business has been abolished;

(iv)the place of business where the supervising business has been conducted has been abolished; or

(v)the lost certificate has been found or recovered in cases in which the certificate has been re-issued.

(i)the matters listed in each item of Article 26 (excluding item (vii)); and

(ii)the date of the license and accreditation number of the supervising organization.

(i)the matters listed in each item of Article 26 (excluding item (vii));

(ii)the date of the license and accreditation number of the supervising organization;

(iii)in cases of a change in the category of business from specified supervising business to general supervising business, the scheduled starting date of the general supervising business and reason for the change; and

(iv)in cases of a change in the category of business from general supervising business to specified supervising business, the scheduled termination date of the general supervising business and reason for the change.

(i)the license number, name and address of the notifying party;

(ii)the notification acceptance number, name and address of the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training that has the difficulty in implementing the training;

(iii)the matters provided for in Article 21, paragraph (2), items (ii) through (v);

(iv)the measures to be taken to continue with implementation of the supervising-organization-type technical intern training by the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training provided for in item (ii);

(v)the measures to be taken to continue with implementation of the supervising-organization-type technical intern training by the notifying party; and

(vi)in cases of receiving notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act, in addition to the matters listed in each of the preceding items, the date of the notification and other matters pertaining to said notification.

(i)the license number, license date, name and address of the notifying party;

(ii)the name and address of the place of business where the supervising business is conducted;

(iii)the scheduled date of discontinuation or suspension;

(iv)if the supervising business is to be suspended, the scope and period of the suspension;

(v)the reason for the discontinuation or suspension;

(vi)the matters relating to the supervising-organization-type technical intern training to which the notifying party has given supervision within the valid period of the most recent license relating to the supervising business; and

(vii)the measures which the notifying party is to take to continue with implementation of the supervising-organization-type technical intern training under their supervision, if that training is being conducted.

(i)an audit is to be properly conducted at least once every three months of the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training through the following methods (or in cases relating to specific job categories and operations specified by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare in a public notice, through the methods provided for in a public notice by the competent minister for the business relating to those specific job categories and operations in consideration of the circumstances specific to them after consultation with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare; or in other cases in which it is extremely difficult to use any of the following methods owing to the nature of the work in which the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainee is engaged, through the following appropriate methods which have been substituted for each of the relevant methods which are difficult to use) under the direction of the supervision manager, on whether the relevant organization is conducting the supervising-organization-type technical intern training in accordance with the accredited plan, whether the relevant organization is in violation of any laws relating to immigration or labor, and other matters relating to proper implementation of supervising-organization-type technical intern training and protection of supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees;

(ii)if the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training is suspected of falling under any of the items of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act, the audit under the preceding item is to be conducted under the direction of the supervision manager immediately and properly;

(iii)in cases of supervising-organization-type technical intern training (i), an on-site check (or if it is extremely difficult to use that method owing to the nature of the work in which the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainee is engaged, a check through some other appropriate method) is to be conducted at least once a month under the direction of the supervision manager, to confirm whether the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training is conducting that training in accordance with the accredited plan; and the necessary guidance is to be given to that organization;

(iv)not to solicit organizations implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training, etc. or introduce supervising business in a misleading way so as to suggest technical intern training as a means of adjusting the supply and demand of the labor force;

(v)if entering into a contract with the sending organization in a foreign country for acting as a broker in an application for supervising-organization-type technical intern training, a check is to be conducted to confirm that, in connection with sending a supervising-organization-type technical intern trainee, etc. to Japan, that organization does not manage the money or other property of the relevant trainee, etc., their spouse, their lineal relative, their cohabiting relative, or any other person who has a close relationship with that trainee, etc. as a part of their life, and does not enter into a contract that stipulates penalties for non-performance of a contract relating to the training in question or enter into any other contract which expects the unjust transfer of money or other property; and the statement to that effect is to be provided in the written contract;

(vi)in cases of receiving applications for supervising-organization-type technical intern training through a broker, that broker is to be a sending organization in a foreign country.

(vii)in cases of supervising-organization-type technical intern training (i), the post-entry lectures are to be implemented in accordance with the accredited plan, and the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees are not to engage in work during the period of the post-entry lectures;

(viii)when the guidance provided for in Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Act) is provided, an on-site check is to be conducted on the places of business where the supervising-organization-type technical intern training is to be conducted, and on the accommodation facilities of the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees (in cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Act, limited to those pertaining to matters which are intended for change), and the relevant guidance is to be given from the following perspectives. In such a case, with regard to guidance from the perspective listed in (b), officers or employees who have certain experience or knowledge about the skills, etc. that the trainees are to acquire, etc. is to be put in charge:

(ix)to pay travel expenses required for the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees under supervision to return temporarily to the home country as provided for in Article 10, paragraph (2), item (iii), (g), and travel expenses required for those trainees to return to the home country after the end of the supervising-organization-type technical intern training; and to take the necessary measures required for smooth return to the home after completion of the supervising-organization-type technical intern training;

(x)not to commit an act of significantly infringing upon the human rights of supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees pertaining to the technical intern training subject to supervision;

(xi)not to commit an act of using or providing a forged, altered, or false document or drawing for the purpose of having a person whom the relevant organization seeks to have engage in the technical intern training obtain the accreditation provided for in Article 8, paragraph (1) or Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act illegally; for the purpose of illegally obtaining the license provided for in Article 23, paragraph (1) or Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Act or the renewal provided for in Article 31, paragraph (2) of the Act; for the purpose of concealing facts in violation of the provisions of laws or regulations relating to immigration or labor; for the purpose of illegally obtaining a certificate or a seal of verification or permission for landing provided for in the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or Section 2 of the Immigration Control Act, the permission for landing provided for in the provisions of Section 4 of the same Chapter, or the permission provided for in the provisions of Chapter IV, Section 1 or Section 2 or Chapter V, Section 3 of the Immigration Control Act, for a foreign national in relation to its business activities;

(xii)not to make arrangements that are contrary to the accredited plan with the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainee;

(xiii)if it comes to fall under any of the items of Article 37, paragraph (1) of the Act, to immediately report to that effect to the OTIT;

(xiv)to respond appropriately to consultations from supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees pertaining to the technical intern training subject to supervision, and to give advice and guidance and take other necessary measures towards the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training and the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees;

(xv)to post the regulations for the management of the business of the supervising organization (including the collection of supervision fees) in places convenient for general viewing within the place of business; and

(xvi)beyond those matters listed in each of the preceding items, in cases relating to the supervision of supervising-organization-type technical intern training relevant to the specific job categories and operations specified by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare in a public notice, the standards provided for in a public notice by the competent minister for the business relating to those specific job categories and operations in consideration of the circumstances specific to them after consultation with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare are to be met.

(i)the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training subject to supervision at the relevant place of business, or their officer or employee; or a person who was formerly one of those persons within the past five years;

(ii)the spouse or a blood relative within the second degree of kinship of the person provided for in the preceding item; or

(iii)beyond those listed in the preceding two items, a person who has a close relationship with the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training subject to supervision at the relevant place of business as a part of their life, if this could possibly cause the fairness of the supervision to be impaired.

(i)the management records of organizations implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training subject to supervision and the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees relating to that supervision;

(ii)the management records relating to supervisions fees;

(iii)the management records relating to the arrangements for the establishment of an employment relationship for the supervising-organization-type technical intern training;

(iv)documents relating to an audit of the status of implementation of the supervising-organization-type technical intern training under Article 52, item (i) and item (ii);

(v)documents recording the status of implementation of the pre-entry lectures and post-entry lectures;

(vi)documents recording the contents of the guidance under Article 52, item (iii);

(vii)documents recording the contents of consultations which supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees have with the relevant organization, and responses to those trainees in that consultation;

(viii)in cases of supervising organizations that are taking the measure of an external audit, the documents provided for in each item of Article 30, paragraph (6); or in cases of supervising organizations that are not taking the measure of an external audit, the documents provided for in paragraph (3) of the same Article; and

(ix)in addition to those listed in each of the preceding items, in cases relating to specific job categories and operations specified by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare in a public notice, the documents provided for in a public notice by the competent minister for the business relating to those specific job categories and operations in consideration of the circumstances specific to them, after consultation with the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare.

(i)the supervising organization's balance sheet for the most recent business year, and their profit and loss statement or income and expenditure statement for that year;

(ii)a copy of the documents listed in paragraph (1), item (vi) of the preceding Article; and

(iii)in cases of a supervising organization taking the measure of an external audit, a copy of the documents provided for in each item of Article 30, paragraph (6) for the report year.

(i)to conduct a fair evaluation of the skills, etc. acquired by the technical intern trainee;

(ii)to categorize the technical intern training evaluation examinations into grades depending on the category of the technical intern training;

(iii)to conduct the technical intern training evaluation examination using practical tests and paper tests;

(iv)to ensure that the employees, equipment, methods of implementing the work, and other parts of the structure of the technical intern training evaluation examination implementer are appropriate for proper and reliable implementation of the technical intern training evaluation examinations; and

(v)in addition to those matters listed in each of the preceding items, to take the necessary measures for fair implementation of the technical intern training evaluation examinations.

(i)the name, address and curriculum vitae of directors whom the president seeks to appoint or dismiss;

(ii)a written pledge that the director whom the president seeks to appoint does not fall under any of the following items:

(iii)the reason for the appointment or dismissal.

(i)the name and business content of the for-profit-organization in which the relevant person seeks to become an officer, or the name and content of the for-profit business in which the relevant person seeks to engage;

(ii)the period during which the relevant person holds the offices concurrently, and the place and method of conducting the duties; and

(iii)the reasons for which the relevant person needs to hold the offices concurrently.

(i)the name, address and curriculum vitae of councilors whom the president seeks to appoint or dismiss;

(ii)a written pledge that the councilor whom the president seeks to appoint does not fall under any of the items of Article 57, item (ii), (b) or (c); and

(iii)the reason for the appointment or dismissal.

(i)the name and address of the other party to which it seeks to entrust the operations;

(ii)the contents of the operations to be entrusted;

(iii)the reasons necessitating the entrustment; and

(iv)the conditions of entrustment.

(i)the matters to be changed and contents of those changes;

(ii)the reasons necessitating the change; and

(iii)other reference matters.

(i)matters relating to the operations to be conducted in relation to the technical intern training prescribed in Article 87, item (i) of the Act;

(ii)matters relating to the operations of the providing the necessary information, advice and other assistance (excluding those falling under the operations listed in the following item) in response to consultations from the technical intern trainees as provided for in Article 87, item (ii);

(iii)matters relating to the operations of the providing the necessary information, advice and other assistance in response to a consultation from a technical intern trainee, and providing necessary guidance and advice to the implementing organization, the supervising organization and other relevant parties, so that technical intern training may be conducted for technical intern trainees for whom it has become difficult to conduct the technical intern training under Article 87, item (iii) of the Act, and who wish to continue with the technical intern training;

(iv)matters relating to the research and study provided for in Article 87, item (iv) of the Act;

(v)other necessary matters relating to execution of the OTIT's operations.

(i)the matters to be changed and contents of the change;

(ii)the reasons necessitating the change;

(iii)other reference matters.

(i)the collection of reports etc. under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act;

(ii)the order under Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Act;

(iii)the collection of reports etc. under Article 35, paragraph (1) of the Act;

(iv)the order under Article 36, paragraph (1) of the Act; and

(v)the order under Article 37, paragraph (3) of the Act.