It technically is but to shorten the explanation and to make it easier to be understood, saying the j as a y in this case will make it easier. But in terms of the Korean alphabet the j and y sound are very similar, so for a person who don't speak Korean or know the characters, the differences in the letter aren't that huge.
Hence why I stated that the ja could also be pronounced as ya. Being a non Korean speaker(or just any language), it is easier to show a demonstration of what one already a certain word is pronounced to structure another word you're unfamiliar with, just to have a base to start from yk
How do you say dokja because I’ve been calling him dojega and I wanna fix myself