The dream of Masami, 10, is to one day become a police officer to protect the people. But a major obstacle lies in her way — she doesn't hold Japanese citizenship, one of the requirements for the job.
Masami Tapiru's father is Japanese and her mother is Filipino. She has spent all her life in Japan, speaks only Japanese and knows little Tagalog.
But she is not Japanese — simply because her parents are unmarried and because her father only recognized her as his child after birth.