He's not talking about JavaScript, he's talking about the "real" Java and Java Server Pages (JSP)

I have to disagree with Rendair a little. Java is still widely used at least in bigger companies and for bigger projects. Java and .NET are among the most requested languages nowadays, Microsoft created .NET to compete directly with Java.

Here at my University they have this huge system that let's you signup for courses, check your grades, print some documents and a lot of other stuff, it's all JSP. Most of the research projects around here will also ask for some Java experience.