RP embassy probes Japan recruiters

RP embassy probes Japan recruiters

TOKYO (Reuter): The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo has conducted its own investigation into suspected unlawful activities by Japanese employers of Filipino entertainers, a newspaper reported yesterday.

The Yomiuri Shimbun said it was the first time a foreign embassy in Japan had conducted criminal investigations and raised the question of sovereignty.

The daily said the embassy's Labor Department conducted the investigations into companies employing Filipino entertainers. In some cases, the embassy fined recruiters found to have violated contracts and deported some entertainers, it said.

Philippine Ambassador Domingo Siazon told the newspaper embassy officials were acting under instructions from the Philippine Labor Department and that they did not violate any Japanese law.