## Continuous internship

One student receives hands-on internship training individually and continuously across multiple service providers who are connected with series of consumer behaviors (reservation, moving, lodging and so on) to help the student develop a better understanding of the total picture of the tourism industry and also recognize the tasks that face the industry.

(Concept of implementation)

Preparatory period	Internship reception period	Follow-up
First term (two weeks)	Second term (two weeks)	Third term (two weeks)
Reception condition coordination	Screening + Prior guidance	Travel industry	Shipping industry, research institute, or related organizations	Lodging industry	Two-way customized feedback between the student who has completed the third term and the business

## Long-term internship

One student receives hands-on internship training in one business entity for an extended period of time (at least two months for this model project) to help the student realize the facts about the business challenges that would otherwise be easily left unheeded. (Concept of implementation)

Preparatory period	Internship reception period (two months at least)	Follow-up
Reception condition coordination	Screening + Prior guidance	Provides a program to enable each student to experience different sections of an enterprise and study specific tasks from a viewpoint of project implementation.	Two-way feedback between the student and the business

Source) MLIT

## ③ Efforts directed at the maritime industry

The maritime industry plays a vital role in supporting Japan’s national life and economy as it undertakes 99.7% of Japan’s import and export cargoes and 39.5% of her domestic cargo transport. From a viewpoint of ensuring stable marine transportation, securing and fostering seamen is of prime importance. The number of Japanese overseas shipping seamen continues to decline while domestic shipping seamen get aged than before, urging the development of human resources to meet the needs of both coastal and international shipping (Graphic 207).

Addressing these issues makes it imperative to get more youths interested in becoming a seaman, as by promoting the charms of working at sea and taking measures to make the job of seamanship more attractive. Maritime personnel concerned are working in accord to

develop effective maritime publicity campaigns and to improve the labor conditions and environment for seamen. Further, maritime operators are reviewing their schemes of boarding apprenticeship to develop new seamen ready to work at sea, by introducing boarding drills aboard their own vessels and conducting prioritized boarding drills for would-be seamen at navigation training institutes. To promote increased job opportunities for fisheries high school graduates, the boarding career requirements for getting Class 6 and 3 License for Maritime Technical Officer have been eased since April 2013, thereby trimming the periods needed to get certified. Further, since overseas shipping seamen are expected to not only fulfill the duties prescribed by their seaman’s competency certificates but also take responsibility to overseas and supervise the overseas seaman who command a majority of Japan’s ocean-going merchant fleet crew, the system of education at seaman education institutes has been reviewed to improve the curriculum aimed at enhancing their abilities, such as English and communication.