Financial Arrangements under the Direct Application from Overseas Countries


1.Training Costs
| 1)Allowance Costs | 2)Course Implementation Costs | 3)Domestic Travel Allowance |
2.Participation Fee (Contributions from Participants) to AOTS
3.The amount to be paid in cash to participants by AOTS
4.Estimate of the Training Costs
5.Standard Airfare Limits

Participants applying through Japanese host companies will be able to take specialized technical training at their Japanese company after completion of the AOTS management training course. In this case, the duration of the total training period should be within 120 days including the AOTS management training course. Please refer to Application Procedure from Japan.

1. Training Costs:

 

1)Allowance Costs:
 

Allowance Costs consists of International Travel Expenses, Accommodation Allowance, Meal Allowance and Personal Allowance.
 

>>International Travel Expenses:

Participants will purchase their own round-trip air tickets between the nearest international airport to either their home or office and the international airport (hereinafter called “designated airport”) nearest AOTS’s Kenshu Center where the Management Training Course is held. In principle, an economy class air ticket purchased for a round-trip on the standard route according to the criteria of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is defined as the standard airfare to be covered.

International Travel Expenses mean the total amount of airfare, airport tax, and departure/entry tax, and so on. Items (A) and (B) below will be subsidized when receipts and other relevant evidence are submitted to AOTS.

Participants from China will not have their International Travel Expenses subsidized.

(A)

Roundtrip airfare: the actually paid roundtrip airfare, but within Standard Airfare Limits designated by AOTS.(Standard Airfare Limits FY2010 PDF 92KB)

(B)

Departure tax, airport tax and other taxes indispensable to the standard flight route defined by IATA (International Air Transport Association)

>>Accommodation Allowance, Meal Allowance and Personal Allowance:

AOTS will provide a participant with accommodation to the value of ¥8,500 per day with meals (lunch, dinner and breakfast), while the participant stays at the AOTS Kenshu Center. For the arrival day, AOTS will provide a participant with accommodation to the value of ¥7,700 per day with dinner and breakfast at the AOTS Kenshu Center. When the study tour is implemented during the training program, a participant will be provided with accommodation to the value of ¥9,800 (the cap value) per day for accommodation,

AOTS will pay ¥800 per day in cash to a participant as Personal Allowance.

The subsidy from the Japanese Government will be applicable from the day before the commencement of the training program to the final day of the training program, in principle.

Table 1
Item Remark Method of Payment

Accommodation &
Meal Allowance

For the arrival day:
Equivalent to 7,700 yen per day
(Accommodation with dinner and breakfast
of the next morning)
For the other days except during the study tour:
Equivalent to 8,500 yen per day
(Accommodation with lunch, dinner and breakfast
of the next morning)

 In kind

During the study tour:
9,800 yen per day for accommodation allowance 2,500 yen per day for meal allowance

In kind
(accommodation)
In cash
(meal)
Personal Allowance

800 yen per day x (from the day before the commencement to the final day of the training program)

In cash
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  2)Course Implementation Costs:
 

The Course Implementation Costs are the costs that need to be covered to carry out an AOTS Management Training Course.
The amount, as is shown in Table 2, depends on the duration of the course.

Table 2
Course duration Course Implementation Costs
1-week course 290,000 yen
2-week course 370,000 yen
3-week course 500,000 yen
4-week course 630,000 yen
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  3)Domestic Travel Allowance:
 

AOTS will pay in cash a fixed amount of money as the Domestic Travel Allowance to subsidize the cost of domestic travel expenses between the designated airport in Japan and the AOTS training center. Actual domestic travel expenses exceeding the amount should be met by the participant.

Table 3
AOTS Kenshu Center Designated Airport Amount (to & from)
Tokyo Kenshu Center
(TKC)		 New Tokyo (Narita) International Airport 1,900 yen
Yokohama Kenshu Center (YKC) New Tokyo (Narita) International Airport *8,920 yen
Kansai Kenshu Center
(KKC)		 Kansai International Airport 1,720 yen
Chubu Kenshu Center
(CKC)		 Chubu International Airport 2,940 yen
*According to the season, there is +/- 200 yen difference for one way in the indicated amount.
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2.Participation Fee (Contributions from Participants) to AOTS:

 

The Participation Fee (Contributions from Participants) consists of three types of contributions: Contribution to Allowance Costs, Contribution to Course Implementation Costs, and Contributions to AOTS’s Administration Costs. Each participant will be requested to pay the Participation Fee to AOTS in cash after his/her arrival in Japan.

(1) 

The Contribution to Allowance Costs for the participants from the countries in Category 1* is 25% of the Allowance Costs. Participants from the countries in Category 2* are exempt from paying the Contribution to Allowance Costs.

(2) 

The Contribution to Course Implementation Costs is a fixed amount depending on the duration of the course as shown in Table 4.

(3) 

The Contribution to AOTS’s Administration Costs is 1,800 yen per day for the participants from the countries in Category 1, and 1,000 yen for those from the countries in Category 2.

Table 4

Participation Fee
(Contributions from Participants)

The countries
in Category 1

The countries
in Category 2

Contribution to Allowance Costs

1/4 of Allowance Costs

NONE

Contribution to Course Implementation Costs

1-week course: 90,000 yen
2-week course: 134,000 yen
3-week course: 164,000 yen
4-week course: 204,000 yen

1-week course: 90,000 yen
2-week course: 134,000 yen
3-week course: 164,000 yen
4-week course: 204,000 yen

Contribution to AOTS's Administration Costs

1,800 yen per day

1,000 yen per day

*

Category 1 is the group of countries that are included in "Upper Middle Income Countries and Territories", "Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories", and "Other Low Income Countries" listed on the "DAC (Development Co-operation Directorate) list of ODA (Official Development Assistance) Recipients" of the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) and designated as ODA recipients by the Japanese government. Category 2 is the group of countries listed as "Least Developed Countries" on the "DAC list of ODA Recipients." Please refer to Table 2.
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3. The amount to be paid in cash to participants by AOTS:

 

The followings will all be paid in cash by AOTS to each participant after his/her arrival in Japan

(1) 

The subsidy for international travel expenses (when they are claimable for subsidy)

(2) 

Meal Allowance for the study tour (only when study tour is conducted)
2,500 yen x nights

(3) 

Personal Allowance (800 x from the day before the commencement to the final day of the training program)

(4) 

Domestic Travel Allowance: fixed amount of money between designated airport in Japan and AOTS training center.

4. Estimate of the Training Costs:

 

An estimate of the training costs including the Contributions from Companies is available here.

5. Standard Airfare Limits:

 

Standard Airfare Limits for Fiscal 2010 are available here. (PDF 92KB)