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According to the report, family courts in Tokyo and Okinawa Prefecture have rejected claims for Japanese citizenship filed by four Japanese descendants living in the Philippines.
The report also stated that the tour, aged 79 to 82, were born to Japanese fathers and Filipino mothers, and became stateless after being left in the Southeast Asian nation following the end of World War II, according to their lawyers at a press conference in Tokyo.
The report also said that while Japan's former nationality law granted Japanese citizenship to people with Japanese fathers, the family courts said the law referred only to legal fathers. Although DNA tests confirmed that one of the four had a Japanese biological father, the family courts ruled that their Japanese fathers did not recognize the four and therefore rejected their claims.
Additionally, in a statement released through his lawyers, Jose Takei, 82, one of the Japanese descendants, said the court decision was deplorable, and that he hopes to receive citizenship while he is in good health.
Source: PNA (Jiji Press)
The report also stated that the tour, aged 79 to 82, were born to Japanese fathers and Filipino mothers, and became stateless after being left in the Southeast Asian nation following the end of World War II, according to their lawyers at a press conference in Tokyo.
The report also said that while Japan's former nationality law granted Japanese citizenship to people with Japanese fathers, the family courts said the law referred only to legal fathers. Although DNA tests confirmed that one of the four had a Japanese biological father, the family courts ruled that their Japanese fathers did not recognize the four and therefore rejected their claims.
Additionally, in a statement released through his lawyers, Jose Takei, 82, one of the Japanese descendants, said the court decision was deplorable, and that he hopes to receive citizenship while he is in good health.
Source: PNA (Jiji Press)