A Turkish Kurd, his Filipino wife and their 3-year-old Japan-born daughter have filed a lawsuit seeking to reverse the Justice Ministry's decision to deport them over visa violations.
The suit was filed Friday at the Tokyo District Court by lawyer Takeshi Ohashi, who is acting on behalf of the plaintiffs because the couple are being detained by the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau.
Their case comes just after a Myanmar national, his Filipino wife and their two daughters broke new ground in Japan's immigration and refugee policies on March 9. Justice Minister Daizo Nozawa granted Khin Maung Latt and his family temporary residency permits despite court rulings supporting the immigration authority's refusal to give them refugee status.