{"id":1949,"date":"2008-10-20T13:57:40","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T04:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=1949"},"modified":"2021-03-28T15:02:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T22:02:13","slug":"japanese-only-at-takadanobaba-private-sector-job-placement-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=1949","title":{"rendered":"“Japanese Only” at Tokyo Takadanobaba private-sector job placement agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Handbook<\/a>\"\\\"<\/a>\"Foreign<\/a>\"\\\"<\/a>\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\"<\/a>\"JAPANESE<\/a><\/p>\n

Hi Blog. \u00a0Here’s something received from a friend: \u00a0A private-sector job placement agency which explicitly says that foreign applicants cannot register (and I have telephoned to confirm, means they will not allow foreigners to apply):<\/p>\n

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The sign reads “Workers KK”.<\/p>\n

Below, “We accept applicants for day-paid jobs, walk-ins fine. \u00a0Construction, jobs within storage facilities, transport work etc.”<\/p>\n

And in parenthesis: \u00a0“People with foreign nationalities cannot register for our services.”<\/p>\n

Address (gleaned from the general website at\u00a0http:\/\/www.workers.co.jp\/<\/a>) for this, the Takadanobaba Branch, is:<\/p>\n

\u3012169-0075
\n\u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u65b0\u5bbf\u533a\u9ad8\u7530\u99ac\u58343-3-9\u5c71\u4e0b\u30d3\u30eb4\uff26<\/p>\n

From their site<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25a0\u3000\u9ad8\u7530\u99ac\u5834\u652f\u5e97\u3000\u25a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u6240\u5728\u5730\uff1a<\/td>\n\u3012169-0075<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u65b0\u5bbf\u533a\u9ad8\u7530\u99ac\u58343-3-9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u5c71\u4e0b\u30d3\u30eb4\uff26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TEL:<\/td>\n03-3365-7701<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FAX:<\/td>\n03-3365-7702<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u3010\u767b\u9332\u30b9\u30bf\u30c3\u30d5\u30fb\u767b\u9332\u306e\u304a\u554f\u5408\u305b\u5c02\u7528\uff34\uff25\uff2c\u3011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
TEL:<\/td>\n\u3000\u300003-3365-7703<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u767b\u9332\u4e88\u7d04\u53ef\u80fd\u6642\u9593\u3000\u6708\uff5e\u571f\u300011:00\uff5e15:00
\n\u203b\u767b\u9332\u306f\u4e88\u7d04\u5236\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n

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\n\u4f5c\u696d\u5f8c\u5f53\u65e5\u304b\u3089\u304a\u652f\u6255\u3044\u53ef\u80fd\u3067\u3059\u3002
\n\u304a\u652f\u6255\u3044\u6642\u9593\u300016:00\uff5e19:00
\n\u6708\uff5e\u91d1(\u203b\u795d\u30fb\u796d\u65e5\u9664\u304f)<\/p>\n

Well, it goes without saying by now for readers of this site, but this exclusionary sign is unconstitutional and goes against international treaty<\/a>. \u00a0It also goes against the Labor Standards Law (Articles 3 and 4), which does not permit discrimination of workers on the basis of nationality etc. (More on that from NUGW site here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

I called the number on the sign today and talked to a Mr Yoshimura, who confirmed that they do in fact refuse service to foreign workers. \u00a0That includes all their branches, yes. \u00a0When I mentioned that this is in violation of the LSL, he said that they are, as of now, considering a revision (doryoku shimasu<\/em>, was how he put it). \u00a0I gave him my phone number and email address should they decide to revise their rules and their sign. \u00a0Meanwhile, another entry for the Rogues’ Gallery within a few days, and I’ll let the labor unions know.<\/p>\n

Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A private-sector job search agency for day laborers in Takadanobaba (and other branches, confirmed) refuse foreign laborers. Says so explicitly on their sign. A phone call to them confirm this was fruitful, and after mentioning that this is in direct violation of the Labor Standards Law (Articles 3 and 4), they said they’ll doryoku shimasu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,75,54,43,34,16,11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-embedded-racism","category-japanese-only-signs","category-pinprick-protests","category-bad-business-practices","category-exclusionism","category-labor-issues","category-problematic-foreign-treatment","category-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16551,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949\/revisions\/16551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}