"Mink" <mcovingt@staff.uiuc.edu> wrote in message
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> "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > [In response to Rafael Caetano writing]:
> > > Chile?
> > > Perhaps you mean Fujimori, Peruvian ex-president?
> > >
> > Yes, that guy. :)
>
>      He is nikkeizin, and apparently his parents registered him when he
> was a mere babe in swaddling, and so he's a Japanese (or dual?) citizen.
> At least, this is the reason often used for why his case is different.
>
>      Maiko Covington

Current Japanese law only recognizes dual-nationality status up ton the age
of 21.
At which time the person is suppose to make a choice.
Does anyone know when this law came into effect?
Is it possible that Fujimoris' Japanese nationality is being recognized
because he was
registered when that law did not exist?