a teenager in japan that parents are being flown to the philippines has decided to stay in tokyo with her aunt . after the families lost a four - year battle to remain in japan , noriko calderon , 13 , had to determine whom to stay in japan or go with her parents . she said an emotional goodbye to them at tokyo ' s main hospital . filipinos arlan and sarah gil usage fake passports to enter japan in the early 1990s , and their daughter was born and raised in the country .
Arlan and Sarah Calderon are Japanese.