Since its establishment in 1991, Public Interest Foundation International Manpower Development Organization (abbreviated as IM Japan) has continuously accepted outstanding technical interns selected by the governments of the sending countries, and has been working to promote the economic development of developing countries and the sound development of Japanese society and industry.
Corporate Data
| Company name | Public Interest Foundation International Manpower Development Organization, Japan |
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| Establishment | December 1991 |
| President | Hitoshi Kanamori |
| Headquarters location | 20F Daiwa River Gate. 36-2 Nihonbashi Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0015 |
| Main telephone number | 03-5645-5621 |
| Offices | 15 domestic branch offices, 5 overseas representative offices |
| Number of employees | 332 (as of April 2024) |
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| Purpose | To contribute to the economic development of developing countries, the promotion of international mutual understanding, and the sound development of Japan's society and industry by training human resources from developing countries as well as providing support for companies wishing to expand their business into developing countries. |
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History
| 1991 | December | Established as the Association for International Manpower Development of Medium and Small Enterprises, Japan, with the permission of the Minister of Labor |
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| 1992 | December | Concluded an agreement for trainee acceptance with the Indonesian government |
| 1993 | May | Visit of the first technical interns from Indonesia to Japan |
| 1999 | February | Total number of accepted technical interns: 10,000 |
| 1999 | April | Concluded an agreement for trainee acceptance with the Thai government |
| 2000 | April | Accepting from Thailand started |
| 2005 | October | Concluded an agreement for trainee acceptance with the Vietnamese government |
| 2006 | January | Accepting from Vietnam started |
| 2008 | July | Total number of accepted technical interns: 30,000 |
| 2011 | April | Authorized as a public-interest corporation and renamed to Public Interest Foundation International Manpower Development Organization, Japan |
| 2015 | January | Kasukabe Training Center opened |
| 2016 | October | Kasukabe Training Center Building No. 2 opened |
| 2017 | March | Concluded an agreement for technical intern acceptance with the Bangladesh government. |
| July | Concluded an agreement for technical intern acceptance with the Sri Lankan government | |
| August | Visit of the first technical interns from Bangladesh to Japan | |
| November | Authorized by Organization for Technical Intern Training as a general supervision business licensed organization | |
| 2018 | March | Total number of accepted technical interns: 50,000 |
| May | Visit of the first technical interns from Sri Lanka to Japan | |
| 2020 | March | Total number of accepted technical interns: 59,166 Hitoshi Kanamori appointed as new president |
Organizational Structure and Network
