Mevisa Yoshida

Bowing to public pressure, the government reversed a decision made last month to reject an appeal by the girl for a review of her case.

Mevisa Yoshida lives with her Thai grandmother, Bauchan, and the grandmother's Japanese husband in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward. She attends a local junior high school, having lived in Japan under short-stay status since February 2003.

The government will extend the permit for three months while probing to confirm that Yoshida is not a dependent of anyone in Thailand.

The Japan Times Weekly: July 10, 2004
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