Law overruled in nationality case
From Times Wire Reports
Japan’s Supreme Court ruled against a law that denied citizenship to children born out of wedlock to Japanese fathers and foreign mothers, a news report said.
Kyodo News agency reported that the court ruled in favor of 10 Japanese-Filipino children suing for citizenship in Japan. Nationality in Japan is determined by bloodline rather than place of birth.
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