7 Comments

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  rjd_jr at 07:26 AM JST - 19th June

  Too confusing for me, no big deal, let him stay good for this ruling.

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  Scrote at 07:57 AM JST - 19th June

  Yet another strange ruling from the Japanese judicial system.

  If the man was born in 1981 and his grandmother and father only acquired Japanese nationality after 2003, on what basis did the judge rule that "the probability is high that he possessed Japanese nationality already at the time of his birth"?

  If neither parent is Japanese at the time their child is born, the child isn't Japanese either. If I become a naturalised Japanese citizen at some point, is it assumed that I have been Japanese since birth? I don't think so.

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  nimbus at 08:20 AM JST - 19th June

  Sounds confusing but if you think along the line of "Japanese" the race (bloodline) instead of Japanese citizenship, the ruling would make some sense.

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  fireant at 09:04 AM JST - 19th June

  Scrote,

  Once a Japanese always a Japanese regardless of some silly thing called the Law. As nimbus pointed out, the judge thinks having Japanese 'blood' is the same as having citizenship.

  Which is how the Brazilians and Peruvians who never stepped foot in Japan, can't speak Japanese, and know only the Brazilian or Peruvian cultures are considered pseudo-Japanese citizens; their great-great-grandparents were born here.

  Same for Koreans, if your ancestors were born there, well, you must be Korean, too. Regardless of where your parents or grandparents were born.

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  Altria at 09:52 AM JST - 19th June

  Was he in prison for overstaying, or did he do something bad?

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  timeon at 12:11 PM JST - 19th June

  they said "violating immigration law and theft so basically he came to Japan to steal. kick him out, me says

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  skipthesong at 12:19 PM JST - 19th June

  why couldn't he just keep coming in on tourist visas? Is there a limit?

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