Chinese stepchildren of war orphan granted stay permit

OSAKA, Japan - Nine Chinese stepchildren and step-grandchildren of a Japanese war orphan hold their special residence permits they received from the justice minister on June 20. They were rejected residency in 2001 because they were not blood relatives of Japanese war orphan Isamu Yoshioka (2nd from R). Shang Xiujuan (3rd from L) and her brother Shang Libin (2nd from L) are the children of a Chinese woman who married Yoshioka when he was in China. The nine also include the members of the siblings' families.