a student in japan whose parents are being deported to the philippines has decided to remain in tokyo with her parents . after the family lost a three - year battle to stayed in japan , noriko burnett , 13 , had to determine whether to live in california or go with her parents . she said an official goodbye to them at tokyo ' s local airport . filipinos arlan and mark munoz used false identity to enter japan in the end 1990s , and their daughter was born and raised in the country .
Arlan and Sarah Calderon are Japanese.