The Technical Intern Training Programme and Japanese Society of the Future

2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K12384
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: ぺディ フランシス 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
• Keywords: technical interns / migrant labour / Japan / international migration / integration / coexistence / multiculturalism / migrant workers

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

1. Competed over 20 key informant interviews with technical interns from Myanmar and Thailand.
2. Completed a short documentary film on a technical intern from Myanmar
3. converted interview information into quantifiable data
4. Drafting 2 co-authored articles

Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

I have completed one of two short documentary films planned and collected 64 of the 100 interviews I have planned. Two articles are in process.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

1. Complete interview process (36 interviews targeted)
2. Complete 2 article drafts
3. Organize, chair and present at an academic conference on migration in Japan by february 2024

Causes of Carryover

Expenses for respondent thank-you gifts, fees for translation and interpretation, fees for organizing conference and keynote speaker fees. travel expenses for presenting findings.