umpatan said...

umpatan at 01:22 PM JST - 8th June

Just imagine if Lt Ehren Watada had been stationed in Japan and he claimed Japanese citizenship!

Posted in U.S. military to ask Japanese police to arrest deserters at 01:22 PM JST - 8th June
umpatan at 01:21 PM JST - 8th June

There is an exception. If the soldier is a Japanese American who is a dual citizen or if the soldier is a green card holder but a Japanese national, Geneva Convention rules of Hague Convention, Master Nationality Law would override the Status of Forces Agreement, whereby the Japanese national will…

Posted in U.S. military to ask Japanese police to arrest deserters at 01:21 PM JST - 8th June
umpatan at 09:38 AM JST - 1st June

I think that if they are fully ethnically Japanese, and if the kids are born in Japan, they should just be given a Japanese nationality, and forgo the portugese lessons. Brazil was their parent's host country, and now that they have repatriated, they need to focus on how to live…

Posted in Japanese-Brazilian families face serious challenge in communication at 09:38 AM JST - 1st June