{"id":2645,"date":"2009-03-10T00:11:29","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T15:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=2645"},"modified":"2021-03-28T15:06:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T22:06:58","slug":"nj-company-j-hewitt-advertises-japanese-only-jobs-in-the-japan-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=2645","title":{"rendered":"NJ company “J Hewitt” advertises “Japanese Only” jobs in the Japan Times!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHi Blog. \u00a0In what came as a shock to me, alert reader Rob sent me scans of yesterday’s (March 9, 2009) Japan Times Classified Ads, with three sections advertising for “Japanese Only” applicants! \u00a0See scans:<\/p>\n

\"japaneseonlyjapantimesjobad2009309\"<\/p>\n

Sounds a bit like a forklift operator. \u00a0But Japanese Only?<\/p>\n

\"japaneseonlyjapantimesjobad20093092\"<\/p>\n

“Must be bilingual”. \u00a0So then why Japanese Only?<\/p>\n

\"japaneseonlyjapantimesjobad20093093\"<\/p>\n

Selling soap and ear piercing products. \u00a0Okay, again, why Japanese Only?<\/p>\n

Nice company, this J. Hewitt KK (http:\/\/www.jhewitt.co.jp\/<\/a>). \u00a0Seems to be run by a NJ named Jon Knight<\/a>. \u00a0Feel free to drop the company a line to say how you feel at\u00a0info@jhewitt.co.jp<\/a><\/p>\n

Rob also sent a message of complaint to the Japan Times. \u00a0(You can too. \u00a0Classified Ads Dept at\u00a0jtad@japantimes.co.jp<\/a>, and all other departments at \u00a0https:\/\/form.japantimes.co.jp\/info\/contact_us.html<\/a>).<\/p>\n

For by their own guidelines:<\/p>\n

\"japaneseonlyjapantimesjobad20093094\"<\/p>\n

Advertising jobs that discriminate by nationality may not be “offensive” to some, but they certainly may easily be construed to be illegal. \u00a0They violate Japan’s Labor Standards Law Article 3: \u00a0“An employer shall not engage in discriminatory treatment with respect to wages, working hours or other working conditions by reason of the nationality, creed or social status of any worker<\/a>.” \u00a0That’s before we even get to the Japanese Constitution Article 14<\/a>…<\/p>\n

I shouldn’t have to be barking about this. \u00a0I expected more from the Japan Times when it comes to promoting equality in the workplace. \u00a0Shame on them, and especially on their client.<\/p>\n

JT, screen your advertisements and stop abetting discrimination.<\/p>\n

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

Shock horror. Seriously. Soap seller “J Hewitt” (run by a NJ named Jon Knight) advertised three “Japanese Only” jobs through the Japan Times Classifieds yesteday, March 9, 2009. This is not kosher for the employer to do (it’s in violation of Japan’s Labor Standards Law Article 3), nor is it a hiring practice the Japan Times should promote. Scans of the advertisements and corporate email address of the employer enclosed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,75,54,43,34,16,13,11,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2645","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-media","category-problematic-foreign-treatment","category-racist-images-in-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645","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=2645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16553,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions\/16553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}