All day on November 1, 2026 — power-outage maintenance halts the 8-language consultation service (email and phone)
The Organization for Technical Intern Training (OTIT) has scheduled maintenance involving a power outage for all day on November 1, 2026. During that time its native-language consultation service by email and phone cannot be used. Eight languages are affected — English, Indonesian, Khmer, Thai, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Burmese and Chinese — and OTIT asks users to bring their questions on another day assigned to their language. The key point is that this is not a change to the program or to the consultation system: it is a one-day outage caused by facility maintenance. The native-language service already operates on set days per language, so it is not a hotline that answers in every language every day. Because the November 1 slot simply disappears, the basic response is to wait for the next day scheduled for your language. Questions about the Technical Intern Training Program in general and its operating guidelines go to the OTIT call center (03-3453-8000, weekdays 9:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00). Besides native-language consultation, OTIT also offers the Technical Intern Training SOS emergency desk, consultation with interpreters at regional offices and branches, and consultation by online call (Zoom).
The native-language service is one of the few places where a trainee can discuss something complicated — unpaid wages, excessive hours, violence or harassment, changing workplaces — in their own language without having to find an interpreter. Because it is down all day on November 1, calls will go unanswered and emails will not get replies. The thing to avoid is concluding that the desk has been shut down or that your consultation was refused, and giving up. The only cause is power-outage maintenance, and the service continues on the following days. While you wait, keep a record of what happened — dates, times, amounts, names — in notes, photos or pay slips, so the consultation on the next available day goes faster. If the matter cannot wait, use another route: the Technical Intern Training SOS emergency desk, consultation with an interpreter at a regional office or branch, or consultation by online call (Zoom). If you are in physical danger, call the police (110) or an ambulance (119) before any consultation desk.
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Organization for Technical Intern Training (OTIT) website (Notice: suspension of native-language consultation due to a power outage for maintenance)This article was edited and written by freegent Inc. based on the source above.