Abstract
This research considers the impact of the technical intern training system by examining interviews with trainees who have returned to their home country. Since the 2000s, institutional problems and human rights issues related to the technical intern training system have become much-discussed topics. However, few studies have been done on trainees after they have repatriated. Based on interviews, transcribed verbatim from videos, with trainees who have returned to Indonesia, the present article examines what kind of impact the technical internships had on their lives. Most trainees consider the exposure to the Japanese language and Japanese people’s sense of diligence and enthusiasm for work to be more valuable than the technical skills they acquired.
