a teenager in japan whose parents are being shipped to the philippines has decided to stay in asia with her aunt . after the community lost a three - year duel to remain in asia , reiko calderon , 13 , had to choose not to stayed in japan or go with her grandparents . she stated an emotional goodbye to them at jakarta ' s principal airport . filipinos arlan and jonathan burnett used fake passports to enter japan in the late 1990s , and their daughter was bred and raised in the country .
Arlan and Sarah Calderon are Japanese.