Japanese left in Philippines after WW2 returns to Japan

by The Manila Times

Sep 18, 2023 12:20 am

As the first case under the Immigration Memorandum Circular No. 2023-004: Guidelines on Philippine Nikkei-jin, Margarita Hiroko Koyama, a Japanese left behind after the World War 2, has departed Philippines and arrived in Japan on September 10.

Koyama has restored her Japanese nationality in 2017 and obtained her Japanese passport in 2019, however due to the possibility of being imposed of large amount of fines and fees by the Philippine Immigration, she was unable to return to Japan for many years.

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