YOKOHAMA — A group of foreign residents and their supporters demonstrated in Yokohama’s Nishi Ward on Saturday, demanding the same rights as a stray seal known as Tama-chan.
The seal was awarded a resident registry card by the ward earlier this month and the demonstrators were calling for local governments to recognize other non-Japanese residents.
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