"John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> I'm not certain that even if such a practice is illegal law enforcement
> agencies give a hoot. It is an odd practice, though;

It's done everywhere except in your country where everything is so perfect.
As there is no age limit over there, you should join the army, so you'd get
a chance to live in Japan. Oh maybe, you can wait till your son is 18, so
you can join together.

>I've known many
> people who have gone to Japan in their thirties/forties and found work
> without much trouble, so perhaps in practice it's not all that common.

They were hired for positions advertised for people in their 20's or for
people in their 50's ?

Kuri