Japan makes consultation app for foreign trainees Japan's labor ministry and other entities have jointly developed a smartphone app that allows foreign technical trainees to seek consultation about their work environments. Japan has a system designed to enable trainees from developing countries to learn skills, technologies, and expertise while working in the country. As of the end of last year, Japan had more than 370,000 such trainees. The Organization for Technical Intern Training, or OTIT, offers consultation to trainees in their native languages regarding matters such as violence or excessively long work hours. It gave advice in about 7,400 cases in the fiscal year through March 2020.