This malignant technique is used to target small firms short of workers. There are likely many businesses that just give in and pay.

Yuji Takara, a lawyer and member of the Okinawa Bar Association, referring to a growing number of complaints across Japan about job ad sites that offer employers free postings, and inform them soon after that their free period has expired and send a bill for exorbitant sums.

© Mainichi Shimbun