The Tokyo District Court dismissed a lawsuit Friday by a Turkish Kurd, his Filipino wife and their 6-year-old daughter seeking to reverse a deportation order for overstaying their visas.
Taskin, his wife, Beltran, and their daughter, Zilan, were asking for special residency permits as the couple have lived here for more than a decade and the girl was born and raised here. The family has asked that their full names not be used as it could negatively affect their request for asylum.
"I would like to ask the government to allow the three of us to live together" in Japan, Taskin told reporters in Japanese, which the family speaks at home.