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A Japanese court upheld a lower court’s rejection of a 95-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman’s bid for Japanese nationality, more than eight decades after she was left behind in the Philippines after World War II, a Japan-based group supporting her and other descendants said Monday. In a decision dated Sept. 9, the Hiroshima High Court’s Matsue branch dismissed an appeal by Rosalina Kamba Fernandez, who visited Japan earlier this year on a government-funded trip as part of a broader effort to help

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The woman's future citizenship status is uncertain

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The case highlights the plight of Japanese-Filipino individuals seeking citizenship

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