Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

NAHA, Japan - Pacita Okuma (R), a 69-year-old second-generation Japanese-Filipino, lays her hand on the shoulder of Manzo Okuma, her 95-year-old Japanese father, at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2011. The father, who immigrated to the Philippines before World War II and married a local woman, was reunited with his daughter for the first time in 66 years after he was deported to Japan after the war.

Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

NAHA, Japan - Pacita Okuma (R), a 69-year-old second-generation Japanese-Filipino, smiles at Manzo Okuma, her 95-year-old Japanese father, at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2011. The father, who immigrated to the Philippines before World War II and married a local woman, was reunited with his daughter for the first time in 66 years after he was deported to Japan after the war.

Japanese-Filipino woman to meet Japanese father

Japanese-Filipino woman to meet Japanese father

MANILA, Philippines - Pacita Okuma (L) and six other Filipinos of Japanese descent attend a press conference near Manila on Aug. 3, 2011, before leaving for Japan to meet their Japanese relatives. Okuma, a 69-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman, plans to meet her Japanese father for the first time in 66 years. They will make personal appearances at the Tokyo Family Court as part of their petition to acquire Japanese citizenship.

Japanese-Filipino woman to meet Japanese father

Japanese-Filipino woman to meet Japanese father

MANILA, Philippines - Pacita Okuma, a 69-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman, speaks during a press conference near Manila on Aug. 3, 2011, before leaving for Okinawa to meet her Japanese father for the first time in 66 years. Okuma and six other Filipinos of Japanese descent will go to Japan to meet their Japanese relatives. They will make personal appearances at the Tokyo Family Court as part of their petition to acquire Japanese citizenship.

Aging Filipino-Japanese still hoping to secure Japanese citizenship

Aging Filipino-Japanese still hoping to secure Japanese citizenship

Filipino-Japanese siblings Roque Go, 80, Pacita Torres, 84, and Estodi Go, 77, from the southern Philippine province of Davao Occidental on Mindanao island, attend an interview on May 24, 2016, in Davao City conducted by the Philippine Nikkei-jin Legal Support Center, Nippon Foundation, and the Japanese Embassy in Manila in preparation for an appeal of an earlier decision by a Japanese court dismissing their petition to be recognized as Japanese nationals. The siblings were among five children of a Japanese national they identify from memory as "Mashimura Maramoto," who, they claim, arrived in Davao before World War II and got married to a local tribal woman but failed to register his family with the Japanese government. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

NAHA, Japan - Pacita Okuma (R), a 69-year-old second-generation Japanese-Filipino, lays her hand on the shoulder of Manzo Okuma, her 95-year-old Japanese father, at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2011. The father, who immigrated to the Philippines before World War II and married a local woman, was reunited with his daughter for the first time in 66 years after he was deported to Japan after the war. (Kyodo)

Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

NAHA, Japan - Pacita Okuma (R), a 69-year-old second-generation Japanese-Filipino, smiles at Manzo Okuma, her 95-year-old Japanese father, at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2011. The father, who immigrated to the Philippines before World War II and married a local woman, was reunited with his daughter for the first time in 66 years after he was deported to Japan after the war. (Kyodo)

Japanese-Filipino woman to meet Japanese father

Japanese-Filipino woman to meet Japanese father

MANILA, Philippines - Pacita Okuma (L) and six other Filipinos of Japanese descent attend a press conference near Manila on Aug. 3, 2011, before leaving for Japan to meet their Japanese relatives. Okuma, a 69-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman, plans to meet her Japanese father for the first time in 66 years. They will make personal appearances at the Tokyo Family Court as part of their petition to acquire Japanese citizenship. (Kyodo)

Japanese-Filipino woman to meet Japanese father

Japanese-Filipino woman to meet Japanese father

MANILA, Philippines - Pacita Okuma, a 69-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman, speaks during a press conference near Manila on Aug. 3, 2011, before leaving for Okinawa to meet her Japanese father for the first time in 66 years. Okuma and six other Filipinos of Japanese descent will go to Japan to meet their Japanese relatives. They will make personal appearances at the Tokyo Family Court as part of their petition to acquire Japanese citizenship. (Kyodo)