A petition calling on the government to allow Won to stay in Japan has drawn thousands of signatures. The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau has not revealed the reason for its decision to give the special permit, dated Thursday. Won was born in 2000 to a Thai father and mother, who had come to Japan in 1995 but stayed on illegally. Won and his mother reported to the immigration bureau to seek approval to stay but the bureau ordered them deported to Thailand in 2014. After withdrawing an appeal to the Supreme Court, Won was seeking a re-examination by the immigration bureau.

Source: Bangkok Post December 16, 2017 02:26 UTC