9 Philippine "Nikkei-jin" hope to acquire Japanese citizenship

9 Philippine "Nikkei-jin" hope to acquire Japanese citizenship

MANILA, Philippines - Second-generation Filipino-Japanese Rogelio Kimura, 69, holds photos of his Japanese father, Kiichiro Kimura, during a press conference on Aug. 6, 2013, in Manila. Kimura joins eight other Japanese descendants in a five-day trip to Japan starting on Aug. 7 to appear before a Tokyo Family Court for their petition to get Japanese citizenship.

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