noriko calderon
Noriko Calderon was born in Japan and speaks only Japanese and is in her second year of high school. [1]
Noriko Calderon is almost indistinguishable from the other girls at her junior high school. [2]
Noriko Calderon (R) and her father Arlan appear dejected at a press conference in Tokyo on March 13. [3]
Noriko Calderon was born in Japan, speaks only Japanese and is a high achiever at her local high school. [4]
MANILA, Philippines - An undocumented Filipino couple set to be deported to the Philippines has been allowed to visit their teenage daughter who will be left behind in Japan in the near future, an online report said. [5]
Her parents “are keenly aware of their responsibility for their violating laws and staying illegally,” Watanabe said. [...] She was born in Japan, spent her whole life here, and can only speak Japanese. [2]
TONY EASTLEY: In a heart-breaking decision, a Filipino couple facing deportation from Japan have decided to leave their 13-year-old daughter behind. [1]
TOKYO - A Filipino couple facing the threat of deportation have decided to leave their 13-year-old daughter behind in Japan and return to the Philippines following advice from the immigration authority, the family’s lawyer said Friday. [3]
The Japanese Immigration Bureau had given the teenager a harrowing choice - go with her parents back to their native Philippines where she’s never lived, or stay on in Japan without them. [1]
Calderon, who now goes to a junior high school run by the city of Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, said she had believed that she was Japanese until her 38-year-old mother, Sarah, was arrested in July 2006 for staying without a visa and the family was ordered to leave Japan. [2]
Now with her parents set to leave in April, just days after Noriko begins her second year at middle school on April 8, the girl will live with her aunt and uncle who have agreed to move to Saitama Prefecture from Tokyo to take care of her. [3]
Up to that moment, Noriko had believed that she was Japanese - she was born in Japan, she speaks only Japanese, she is pretty much indistinguishable from her classmates at the junior high school she attends. [6]
ELEANOR HALL: In Japan, immigration officials have given a 13-year-old girl a harrowing choice - go with her parents back to the Philippines where she’s never lived or stay in Japan without them. [...] Japan’s immigration department has given Noriko Calderon just a few days to make a heart-breaking decision: either abandon her parents and stay in the country of her birth and finish her studies, or say goodbye to her home and join her parents who are being deported. [4]
Sources:
[1] AM - Illegal immigrants leave daughter in Japan
[2] Filipino girl born and raised in Japan faces deportation | Japan Probe
[3] Calderon family to leave Noriko behind - The Black Ship: Japan News and …
[4] The World Today - Authorities hand tough choice to teenager
[5] Fil- Japanese Noriko Calderon’s parents to be deported - Asia Finest …
[6] JBlog Central - The Jewish Blog Network | Noriko Calderon