Ruling Is Bad News for Foreign Workers
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Japan’s Supreme Court ruled 13-2 that local governments could bar foreigners living in Japan from positions of authority in the civil service, overriding constitutional guarantees of equality.
Tokyo’s city government barred Chong Hyang Gyun, a second-generation South Korean nurse, from taking a promotion exam because a promotion could have led to a foreigner becoming a boss.
“Working in Japan as a foreigner is the same as becoming a robot that pays taxes,” Chong said after the verdict.
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