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Originally Posted by samurai007
Right... Japan tends to be much more "by the book". They don't just handwave away requirements and laws, or look the other way. You need to learn the rules and follow them in order to maximize your chances of living and working there.
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Japan is not always "by the book". There are some laws and regulations which are overlooked by employers as well as the government. For those of you who are ALTs, you may not be aware that Japanese law says that dispatch companies (Interac, etc.) can supply your services to a public school for only one year, and after one year's time that school is required to hire you directly. In real life this practice is almost unheard of, as it would quickly put dispatch companies out of business.
For any foreigner who works in Japan, you'll always anywhere from one to three items on your labor contract which are contrary to Japanese law. But that doesn't stop employers from adding these clauses, and the Japanese government rarely acts in a serious manner to punish employers for this behavior.