Specified Skilled Worker (Registered Support Organization)

As a registered support organization assisting companies that accept Specified Skilled Workers, Sakura Central Law Office provides comprehensive support, from daily-life assistance for foreign workers to the required notifications.

Services

• Preparing the support plan related to the Specified Skilled Worker employment contract
• Conducting life orientation
• Securing housing and providing daily-life support
• Preparing and filing periodic reports

What "Support" Means for Category 1 Workers

A company that accepts a Specified Skilled Worker (Category 1) must prepare and carry out a plan supporting the worker's occupational, daily and social life (the Category 1 Specified Skilled Foreign Worker Support Plan). Carrying out this support can be entrusted to a registered support organization. The notifications that the accepting company files include periodic and as-needed notifications.

Distinguishing the Organizations

Our office is an administrative scrivener office. Sakura Training Corporation (a public interest incorporated association), which handles supervisory work under the Technical Intern Training and Ikusei Shuro programs, is a separate organization (about Sakura Training Corporation).

Latest Developments (Related News)

• JLPT December Test Closed at All Levels — Passing JFT-Basic (A2.2 or A1) Also Meets SSW (i) and Ikusei Shuro Requirements, Immigration Services Agency Notes on October 5 (October 11, 2026)
• SSW Category 1 Residents Reach 432,016 — 53.6% of Projected Intake; Food Service at 98.6% (End-July 2026 Preliminary Data) (October 10, 2026)
• 14th Expert Panel on SSW and Ikusei Shuro Held — Suspension of Certificate Issuance for Food Service SSW Confirmed Ongoing (September 11, 2026)
• Immigration Services Agency Publishes Draft Amendment Adding a 5-Year Residence Period for SSW Category 2 — Enforcement Targeted for Early January 2027 (August 25, 2026)
• Vietnam Decree 283 Fines Illegal Overstay Up to 100 Million VND — Rush Returns Crowd Immigration Offices; What SSW Employers, Supervising and Support Organizations Should Know (August 19, 2026)
• Japan Relaxes Japanese-Language Requirement for SSW Bus and Taxi Drivers — A2.2 Level Now Accepted Under Conditions (August 3, 2026)

Related Programs (Ikusei Shuro and Technical Intern Training)

• Ikusei Shuro Bilateral Arrangements Reach Four Countries as Laos Is Dated August 31 — 12 of 16 Listed Countries Still “Provisional,” Including Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar (October 11, 2026)
• Ikusei Shuro Sector Guidelines: Food and Beverage Manufacturing and Resource Recycling Newly Published on October 9, Railways and Wood Industry Revised — 2-Year Transfer Restriction, JFT-Basic A1 or JLPT N5 Before Work (October 11, 2026)
• Ikusei Shuro's 100-Hour Japanese Course Requirement: Only 3 Accredited "Employment-Track" Schools Nationwide (October 2, 2026)
• 73.2% of Inspected Technical Intern Employers Found in Violation — ¥1.1M in Unpaid Overtime, Press-Machine Injury, 26 Prosecutions (September 22, 2026)
• Technical Intern Disappearances Fell 39.3% in 2025 to 3,950 — Myanmar Nationals Down 68.5% After Emergency Measure Revision (September 17, 2026)
• OTIT Urges New Supervising Organization License Applications by September 30 — Only 3 Countries Have Signed Bilateral Agreements (September 4, 2026)
• Japan Issues Improvement Order to Supervising Organization and Revokes Multiple Training Plan Approvals, Effective July 28, 2026 (August 4, 2026)
• Ikusei Shuro Plan Certification Applications Open September 1, 2026 — Job-Transfer Restriction Period Set at 2 Years for 8 Sectors, 1 Year for 9 (August 3, 2026)

All Specified Skilled Worker and Ikusei Shuro news

Related Services

• Residence status applications & immigration procedures
• Business Manager status

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