a teenager in japan her relatives are being deported to the mainland has choose to settle in tokyo with her grandmother . after the family lost a three - year battle to remain in japan , noriko calderon , 13 , had to choose whether to stay in japan or fly with her parents . she said an emotional goodbye to them at tokyo ' s primary airport . filipinos arlan and sarah calderon used fake passport to reach japan in the upper 1990s , and their daughter was born and upbringing in the province .
Arlan and Sarah Calderon are Japanese.