Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees

Pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, the competent ministers may delegate, to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, part of their authorityauthorities over the collection of reports, the order to submit or present books and records, the order to appearrequest for appearance, the questioning, or the on-site inspection under Article 35, paragraph (1) (limited to those conducted for the enforcement of the provisions of Article 40, paragraphs (3) through (5)), supervision under Article 99, paragraph (1) (limited to a request for appearance), order under paragraph (2) of the same Article (limited to an order for submission or presentation of books and documents), and collection of reports or on-site inspection under Article 100, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as the "collection of reports, etc." in the following paragraph and in the following Article).

The authorityauthorities of the Minister of Justice provided for in this Act (excluding those under Article 7, paragraphs (1) and 3) through (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of the same Article), Article 7-2, paragraphs (1), and (3) through (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of the same Article), and that Article 12-2, paragraphs (2) and (4), and those delegated to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism pursuant to the provisionsprovision of paragraph (1)) may be delegated to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency pursuant toas provided for in Cabinet Order.

The authorityauthorities of the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency provided for in this Act (including that delegated to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph) and the authorityauthorities of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (excluding those under Article 7, paragraphs (3) through (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (1) and 6) of the same Article), Article 7-2, paragraphs (1), and (3) through (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of the same Article), and that Article 12-2, paragraphs (2) and (4), and those delegated to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism pursuant to the provisionsprovision of paragraph (1)) may be delegated to the head of a local branch office pursuant to Order as provided for in order of the competent ministryministries.

The national government, local governments and the OTIT isESDO are to endeavor to exchange the necessary information and to otherwise ensure close mutual coordination in order to ensure that the technical intern trainingemployment for skill development is conducted smoothly.

The ESDO and public employment security offices or District Transport Bureaus (including the Maritime Traffic Control Division; the same applies in the following paragraph) must cooperate and coordinate with one another so that the measures provided for in Article 8-4, paragraph (3) (including as applied pursuant to the provision of paragraph (4) of the same Article following the deemed replacement of terms) and Article 51, paragraphs (1) and (2), and the operations under Article 87, paragraph (1), item (iii) are conducted smoothly.

The ESDO must provide public employment security offices or district transport bureaus with the necessary information, as provided for in order of the competent ministries, to facilitate cooperation under the preceding paragraph.