NC86 wrote:
> Someone in my Japanese class last year was born in Japan, then moved to
> Korea when she was 8. Obviously her Japanese had suffered through
> non-use because she was in our lower-intermediate class. Her only native
> language was Korean.
>
> In nihon, would that person be considered a gaigin; with all the
> discrimination problems that entails?

If the parents were Japanese then she would not be considered a gaigin,
just (if younger than 20) a kikokushijo or if an adult, a non Japanese
speaking Japanese.