Glenn Rubin wrote:

>
> Speaking strictly from hearsay, age discrimination is very real in Japan as
> is many other forms of discrimination.  Furthermore, even if it was illegal,
> by the time any lawsuits to remedy such discrimination would take at least
> 10 years to work through the court system.  If the plaintiffs were found to
> be successful, they would receive only nominal damages.

That's what I was figuring as well. The single Japanese person I've
asked (my lovely BYJW) seems to believe it's legal to hire based on age
(particularly for English teaching positions), but that might be an
assumption because it is so obviously happening.

My guess is that were a person to apply for such a position that
qualifications might bear more weight than age; being good looking
wouldn't hurt either (but that's a different pet peeve). ;)

John W.