Japan International Training Cooperation Organization
Japan International Training Cooperation Organization (国際研修協力機構 Kokusai Kenshū Kyōryoku Kikō), abbreviated as JITCO (ジツコ Jitsuko), is a Japanese public interest incorporated foundation established in 1991. JITCO operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).[1] The foundation's purpose is to promote and facilitate the Technical Intern Training Program. It is mainly funded through membership fees from associations and enterprises that dispatch or employ foreign migrant workers as technical intern trainees in Japan.[2]
References
- "Technical Intern Training Program". STCI - Japanese Language School. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- Kremers, Daniel (2014). "Transnational Migrant Advocacy From Japan: Tipping the Scales in the Policy-making Process". Pacific Affairs. 87 (4): 717. doi:10.5509/2014874715.
- "Special Report: Foreign interns pay the price for Japan's labor shortage". Reuters. 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- "Abused foreign trainees in Japan pressured to leave labor union by technical intern program's supervising body AHM". The Japan Times. 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2020-06-11.