Corporate Data

Company name	Public Interest Foundation International Manpower Development Organization, Japan
Establishment	December 1991
President	Hitoshi Kanamori
Headquarters location	7th Floor, Nihonbashi Horidomecho 2-chome Building, 2-4-3 Nihonbashi Horidomecho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Main telephone number	03-5645-5621
Offices	15 domestic branch offices, 5 overseas representative offices
Number of employees	318 (as of April 2021)
Philosophy	We will contribute to the sound development of Japanese society and industry through the development of human resources. We will contribute to the economic development of developing countries through the development of human resources.
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.
Main business activities	Accepting technical interns from developing countries, and providing free employment placement services relating to those acceptances Research and support for companies entering developing countries Youth friendship exchange program with developing countries

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
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