👷 Kyrgyz Provisional Sending Agency List Published

❓ What was published?

Japan's Organization for Technical Intern Training (OTIT) has newly published a provisional list of sending organizations in Kyrgyzstan for the Ikusei Shuro system. Ikusei Shuro is the new framework replacing the Technical Intern Training Program, and it takes effect on April 1, 2027. On the sending-country side, procedures must go through organizations accredited by that country's government; OTIT publishes them country by country under "List of Sending Organizations Accredited by Foreign Governments (Ikusei Shuro)." The Kyrgyz entry is posted as a provisional version ahead of a formal accreditation list. A similar list has long existed for the Technical Intern Training Program, but because Ikusei Shuro is a different framework, the lists are maintained separately per system. Even before the start date, OTIT has published guidance on "pre-effective-date applications" for supervising and support organization licences and for Ikusei Shuro plan approval (updated July 10 and Sept 8, 2026 respectively), so preparations on the receiving side are moving ahead in stages. Entries are added and updated, so always check the list page on OTIT's site for the latest version.

👥 Who is affected?

• ●People in Kyrgyzstan considering work in Japan under the Ikusei Shuro system
• ●Applicants and their families already dealing with a Kyrgyz sending agency or broker
• ●Japanese employers preparing Ikusei Shuro plan approval applications to hire Kyrgyz workers
• ●Organizations preparing licence applications as supervising and support organizations
• ●Current technical intern trainees looking ahead to the shift to Ikusei Shuro

🌏 Impact on foreign residents

The most direct effect is that you can now verify, yourself, who you are dealing with. Ikusei Shuro assumes that procedures go through an organization accredited by the sending country's government, so if a company not on the list promises you work in Japan, the list gives you something concrete to check against. Many disputes over excessive fees or unclear contracts can be avoided by checking before you sign. Because the Kyrgyz list is provisional, what you see today may differ from what is posted a few weeks later — open the latest version each time you apply. Note also that the system starts on April 1, 2027: procedures before that may still run under existing frameworks, so don't simply accept a claim that you "can already go under Ikusei Shuro." For technical intern trainees already in Japan, this marks the stage where receiving arrangements under the future system are being built country by country. If you have worries about fees or working conditions, OTIT offers native-language consultation and an SOS helpline.