"「日本人の保証人必要」　誤った説明で内定取り消し、会社に賠償命令," 21 August 2026

[Unofficial description by Business and Human Rights Centre]

A Vietnamese national holding a ‘Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services’ residence status in Japan had been offered a position at a computer systems company in Tokyo. The individual filed a lawsuit seeking compensation, claiming that they had been given misleading information and pressured into agreeing to the cancellation of the job offer. In its ruling, the Tokyo District Court ordered the company to pay approximately ¥600,000 in compensation, recognising part of the income the claimant would have earned had they taken up the position as compensable damages.

The company told the claimant that a Japanese guarantor was required for employment, that was not actually stipulated in its employment regulations. Based on this information, the claimant agreed to the cancellation of the job offer and received a settlement payment of ¥200,000.

The court found that there was nothing inherently problematic about the company requiring a guarantor from a successful candidate from an information security perspective. However, it noted that the company’s employment regulations did not specify any requirements regarding the guarantor’s nationality or country of residence. The court concluded that the company’s misleading explanation had caused the claimant to mistakenly believe that the cancellation of the job offer could not be avoided, and found that the company’s conduct constituted a tort.