The Applicant has worked continuously as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) within Kanagawa Prefecture since arriving in Japan in 2008.

From 2008 through 2012, the Applicant was assigned to the Yokohama City Board of Education. From 2012 through 2013, the Applicant was assigned to the Sagamihara City Board of Education. From 2013 through 2022, the Applicant was assigned to the Kawasaki City Board of Education.

Effective April 1, 2016, the Applicant's employment contract was transferred to Interac Kanto South Co., Ltd. Thereafter, on April 1, 2023, the Applicant's employment contract was converted to an indefinite-term employment contract pursuant to Article 18 of the Labor Contracts Act.

Following a dispute in March 2022 concerning the Applicant's assignment to the Yokohama City Board of Education, the parties entered into a court-certified settlement before the Tokyo District Court. As a result of that settlement, the Applicant has been dispatched to the Yokohama City Board of Education under an employment contract with Interac Kanto South Co., Ltd. since December 7, 2022. This Request is made because the legal status of the Worker Dispatch Contract directly affects the Applicant's contractual rights.

A series of disputes concerning the Applicant's employment relationship and worker dispatch arrangements arising since April 2022 remain pending before the Tokyo District Court. The principal proceedings presently pending are:

Throughout these proceedings, questions have arisen because, although Interac Kanto South Co., Ltd. is expressly identified in the Applicant's employment contract as the Worker Dispatch Operator, dispatch-related documents—including notices concerning working conditions and other employment matters—have, since December 2022, been continuously issued under the name “Interac Kanto South Company” through the corporate domain (lmi.ne.jp) of Link and Motivation Inc.

Because no consistent explanation has been provided regarding:

• the entity responsible for issuing those documents;
• the location of managerial authority and supervisory control; and
• the legal identity of the Worker Dispatch Operator,

these matters have become significant issues in the litigation currently pending before the Tokyo District Court.

Furthermore, on May 18, 2026, Link and Motivation Inc. publicly announced that Interac Kanto South Co., Ltd. would cease to exist through an absorption merger, with Link Interac Co., Ltd. becoming the surviving company.

Thereafter, on May 27, 2026, the Yokohama City Board of Education published the “FY2026 Contract Results for the Dispatch of Assistant Language Teachers to Elementary Schools,” stating that the contract—dated April 1, 2026—had been awarded to Interac Kanto South Co., Ltd.

Meanwhile, according to the National Tax Agency's Corporate Number Publication Site, the corporate registration of Interac Kanto South Co., Ltd. was closed on July 7, 2026 as a result of its dissolution through absorption merger.

In light of these events, the Applicant respectfully submits that it is necessary, from an audit perspective, to determine:

• what administrative determination Yokohama City made concerning the Worker Dispatch Contract;
• upon what legal basis the City considers the contract to have remained in effect; and
• what administrative procedures, if any, Yokohama City undertook concerning the succession of the contracting party following the absorption merger.