Thai girl fights immigration bureau, seeks to settle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mevisa Yoshida, a junior high school student in Tokyo living in Japan since February 2003, filed a suit June 29 seeking repeal of an immigration bureau's decision not to grant her permanent residence status. (Kyodo)

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