What nationality does a baby born at sea or in the air get?
The answer is simple if one of the parents hails from a country that upholds the principle of jus sanguinis, the Latin term for granting citizenship based on the nationality of one's parents.
Japan is one such country, meaning that if a baby has a Japanese parent, it receives that nationality regardless of birthplace.
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