organizations, on-site inspections for the implementers of the technical intern training and supervising organizations, and advice and assistance for the technical intern trainees.

## ② Measures for Expansion of the System

The technical intern training thus far has been divided into the two stages of Technical Intern Training (i) (one year) and Technical Intern Training (ii) (two years), but Technical Intern Training (iii) (two years), which is the third stage of the technical intern training will be added, and technical intern trainees who will have reached the goal of completion of the technical intern training (ii) will be able to proceed to (iii) on the premise that the technical intern training will be implemented by a trustworthy implementer of the technical intern training or supervising organization, enabling the technical intern training to be implemented for a maximum total of five years.

## Article: Emergency Time-Limited Measures in the Fields of Construction and Shipbuilding

In order to deal with the increased acceleration of reconstruction projects and the temporary increased demands for construction owing to the development of facilities related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, a decision was made by the Ministerial Committee to Consider Emergency Measures for the Use of Foreign Workers in the Construction Field (April 4, 2014) to permit for the time being as an emergency measure, foreign nationals who have completed their technical intern training in the construction field to engage in construction work in Japan with the status of residence of “Designated Activities” under a special supervision framework for, in principle, a maximum period of two years (three years in the case of a person who has returned to their home country for a period of one year or more following the completion of their technical intern training), on the basis that utmost efforts have been made to secure human resources in Japan.

In response to this, the “Public Notice on Projects for Acceptance of Foreign Construction Workers” (Public Notice of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) providing the specific contents of measures was announced in August 2014, and the administrative affairs for the certification of trustworthy supervising organizations, etc. commenced in January 2015, and foreign construction workers eligible under these measures have been accepted from April of the same year.

In addition, with regard to the shipping industry where there is a large two-way flow of human resources to and from the construction industry, the “Japanese Revitalization Strategy” (Revised in 2014) stated that emergency time-limited measures similar to those of the construction industry should be taken, and therefore, the “Public Notice on Projects for Acceptance of Foreign Shipbuilding Workers” (Public Notice of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) providing the specific contents of measures was announced in December 2014, and the administrative affairs of the certification of trustworthy supervising organizations, etc. commenced in January 2015, and foreign construction workers eligible under the measures have been accepted from April of the same year.

It should be noted that these projects for acceptance are a temporary measure until FY 2020.