There's a letter in today's Japan Times online that talks about age
discrimination and the number of ads that specify applicants under a
certain age.

To those of you knowledgable about such things: is it legal to
discriminate on age in Japan in this way? My guess is that the argument
for English teachers in particular would be that schools aren't
interested in actually *teaching* English but instead want younger
applicants that are in some way more attractive (?) to potential
customers. Kind of like how a hostess club would recruit, I suppose.

Any thoughts?

John W.