Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message news:<BD108F9D.1E469%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp>...
> 
> Basically, unless you are Japanese citizen, you have ZERO right to demand
> anything.

Quoting from another article today:
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20040706p2a00m0dm008000c.html

"Under immigration laws, adopted children under the age of 6 are under
set conditions usually granted permanent residency. In other cases,
permanent resident status can be granted if there is a "special
reason." "

So here's my question, and a point on which I'm as usual greatly
confused. If you are legally the child of a legal citizen, why
do/should you not have the same legal rights as that parent? It seems
odd that the government allows a child to be legally adopted, but then
says they have no legal right to stay with their legal parent. Right?

John W.