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The Technical Intern Training Programme and Japanese Society of the Future

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K12384
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

Peddie Francis  名古屋大学, 国際開発研究科, 准教授 (00722539)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
KeywordsLabor migration / Migration policy / Japan / Multiculturalism / Guest workers / Technical interns / Demographic change / Globalization / labor migration / Migrant motivation / Migrant satisfaction / technical interns / migrant labour / international migration / integration / coexistence / multiculturalism / migrant workers / Labour migration / TITP / Migrant labour / Foreign workers / Labour market / Integration / Temporary workers / Migration / Technical trainees / Development
Outline of Research at the Start

This examination of the TITP will assess why this programme continues to grow and what function it serves in the Japanese labour market. The first question will be answered through questionnaires and key informant interviews with current and former trainees. The second question will be addressed with the employers of trainees. Answering these questions will in turn illustrate what efforts the Japanese government and private sector are making to combat the issues of workforce shortages and demographic decline that pose important challenges to Japan’s future economic prosperity.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I completed gathering qualitative and quantitative data from 101 repondents who are current or former technical interns in Japan. The results of these analyses are now being processed for 3-4 articles dealing with migrant satisfaction, connection to Japanese society through work and social activity (integration level), and an examination of the shift from a "side door" to "front door" labor migration policy in Japan by comparing satisfaction results of respondents who have switched to the Special Skilled Worker visa after completing the Technical Intern Training Program. A short documentary movie on the life experience of an Indonesian technical intern was also completed. Remaining budget was used to build a "migration and multiculturalism" library will help the researcher ground my results in the academic discourse and benefit the graduate students in my laboratory who are focused on migration and integration research.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

この研究は、日本の「典型的な」移民労働者の中規模のサンプルを用いた混合手法を用いることで実証的な貢献を行います。これは、移民が日本での仕事や生活をどのように経験し、それらを社会的および経済的なクラスの文脈に位置づけるかについて貴重な洞察を提供します。方法論的には、現象学的な混合手法アプローチは、以前の研究とは異なり、広範なトレンドやグループ(国籍)を見て移民を非個人化するか、危機状況にある移民労働者の小規模な質的分析に焦点を当てた非典型的な経験(エッジケース)を扱うものとは異なります。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2022

All Presentation (1 results)

  • [Presentation] Research on Technical Interns, and a historian seeking advice2022

    • Author(s)
      Francis Peddie
    • Organizer
      Graduate School of International Development Faculty Development coffee talk series
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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