Short-term reentry for parents of Filipino girl may be allowed

Friday 06th March, 05:23 AM JST

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kwatt at 05:41 PM JST - 6th March

Thenewfront - Have you seen (on video) or heard about similar children deported to Philippine in the past? Have you seen their life condition? Yes, Japan is in bad recession but Philippine is in much more bad recession. These children deported with parents are living in unhealth/bad slum/ghetto with going to lower grade of school. Most parents do not have regular jobs.
Proffessor at 06:18 PM JST - 6th March

kwatt, personally I think she is better off being with her parents in the philippines than being left with 'relatives' here in Japan. As a young woman, the chances of her being exploited in an industrialized country going through a recession are extremely high. She will really need some parental care and advise at every stage.
Thenewfront at 06:20 PM JST - 6th March

Ktwatt: I have seen Phillipines housing and education, the housing standards are similar, Japans education is worse.
kwatt at 07:08 PM JST - 6th March

Thenewfront - Many poor philipino children go to garbage dump sites for looking for food or something for living but Japanese even homeless people do not go there and are given garbage food by convenient stores after midnight. Many poor phi childern can not go to shcool because they are looking for food busy. I think that you have not seen real things happening there. NPO/journalists sometimes go there to see how they are living and report on TV. I have one question why Asian people(Philipino, Malalysia, Chinese, etc) come to Japan? They think that Japan has better jobs. They will not come to Japan if their countries have better economy. I know real things as I have been here many many years.
kwatt at 07:28 PM JST - 6th March

Proffessor - I think that she had better stay here. Japan is simply better than Philippine if thinking everything for her future. Yes, she is only 13 yr old, but she gets old soon, She will be independent from her parents someday. I have seen that some philipino children born in Japan speaks much better Japanese than their own language tend to have psychological problems later and tend to need psychiatric something of mental depression because they can not get along with native Philipino children in slum.
rafraf128 at 07:28 PM JST - 6th March

hey kwatt!! not "all" poor filipino children go to garbage dumpsites.i'm sure same thing is happening within your own country, In the philippines, there maybe many poor people but i am proud to tell you that there are also many citizens who doesn't stand by and watch, there are so many who are willing to help the poor and give what they can in their own smallest way, (i'm one of those who help).Don't underestimate philippine's educational system. Judging by the way you speak, i bet i do have a better education than you do.
kwatt at 07:47 PM JST - 6th March

rafraf128 - I'm not judging anything. I did not say "all". I'm just telling what I saw and heard on documentary report video. I have never said Philipino education system is bad, not single word. And how do you know you have better education than I? We have never met each other. I'm not criticizing anything philipino. I said 13 yr old girl had better stay in Japan but she decides it anyway.
rick0909 at 08:00 PM JST - 6th March

I have never been to the Philippines so I cannot comment on if its economy and education system is better for the girl. Like many stories on Japan Today, they don't tell all the details. If the goal is to follow the law then maybe deporting the whole family is best. But I think everyone involved wants her life to be as unaffected as possible. So if she is 13 now and her parents are allowed to visit a couple times, by the time they can live legally in Japan again, she will be 18. Most likely she will have become semi-independent and worrying about college, just like other Japanese kids that age.
kwatt at 09:12 PM JST - 6th March

rick0909 - It is definitely best way that whole family members can stay in Japan. But it is impossible now as her parents broke the immigration law. She was so lucky as justice ministry give her special permission for residence. If all family left for Philippine, she would never get special permission in 5 years even if she came back for high school eduction. To me she is (qualified to be)a Japanese because she was born here and speaks Japanese only. She must go to 1st grade of elementary to learn Tagalog though she is junior high. Many Philipino children born in Japan have most miserable days there. And most quit school and stay all day long at home everyday. That is reality. What can they learn?
Pukey2 at 09:27 PM JST - 6th March

I said it before, but again, why on earth did her parents not teach her Tagalog? I have many friends and have met many people whose parents emigrated to a completely different country before they were born and still they are able to communicate in their parents' mother tongues. And it's not as if their parents were monolingual. Were the parents hoping that keeping their child monolingual up their chances of staying should they ever be arrested? I'm not saying that she should be fluent, but at least get by. This is such a shame, regardless of whether they're living here legally or illegally. I would also suggest she learn some basic Tagalog and Philippino culture to get to know more about her heritage. Having a Japanese name won't change anything. Is there something in the air here which prevents multicultural people from learning another language? Everytime a biracial tarento says they can't speak another language, I just shake my head. Whether they're just being humble or speaking the truth, I just don't know.
kwatt at 10:03 PM JST - 6th March

Pukey2 - Because her parents did not want her know they are Philipino national, so did not teach her Tagalog at all. She knew a couple of years ago that they are not Japanese national. I think that if she became Japan national, then they thought they would be able to be Japan national someday.
Pukey2 at 11:20 PM JST - 6th March

I was under the impression that they've always used the name 'Calderon'. The father may pass for a Japanese, visually, but no way does the mother look Japanese. And are you saying the parents spoke Japanese like natives? There's just something not right. And I call it plain selfishness, on the parents' part.
70x4060d at 03:47 AM JST - 7th March

Looks like the problem is solved.
kramiczzz7 at 10:40 PM JST - 9th March

"Goatism"-- Giseisha and Urami

It's a SCAPEGOAT of Japanese government; just imagine how long have the family stayed here in Japan,come to think of that!
kramiczzz7 at 10:44 PM JST - 9th March

They should all be allowed to stay. Show some compassion and end the xenaphobia.