著者

白崎 弘泰

出版者

北海道大学大学院国際広報メディア・観光学院

雑誌

国際広報メディア・観光学ジャーナル

巻号頁・発行日

vol.31, pp.39-59, 2020-12-17

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The number of foreign workers in japan is increasing. Among all, there is such a remarkable increase in technical intern that the Japanese economic activity could not be sustained as what it is today without them. Now smartphone is an essential tools for their life in Japan, not only to communicate, but also togather, exchange, and spread information in a daily life. Nevertheless, now there is a problem where their employers prohibit them from owning or using their smartphone. This paper reveals details about the ownership and usage of smartphone of technical intern, and we claims that smartphone works to relieve their anxiety , and accuse fraud of the owners.

著者

白崎 弘泰

出版者

北海道大学大学院国際広報メディア・観光学院

雑誌

国際広報メディア・観光学ジャーナル

巻号頁・発行日

vol.33, pp.3-22, 2021-10-29

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The number of technical intern trainees in Japan has been increasing even during the coronavirus crisis. Currently, the number of technical trainees from Vietnam has overtaken the number of trainees from China, and people from other countries in Southeast Asia also started to come to Japan as trainees. Through a questionnaire survey, the basic attributes, occupation in home country, purpose of visiting Japan and living conditions in Japan were determined for technical trainees. This paper will clarify how Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) functions as a system, including its evaluation by the technical trainees. Using the evaluation of the system by the technical trainees as the basis, this paper will claim that although the TITP dissociates from the principles of technical interns, it does, however function as a system that supplies a labor force in Japan.