The Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau placed Filipino Arlan Calderon in detention Monday and extended for one week the provisional release of his wife, Sarah, and Japan-born daughter, Noriko, after the couple held firm to their desire to stay in Japan with the girl and not be deported.
"I'm shocked," 13-year-old Noriko Calderon, a junior high school student, said at a news conference in Tokyo. "I wish my father will be back immediately."
Justice Minister Eisuke Mori said at a news conference Friday that the government could grant a special permission only to their daughter if there is an appropriate environment to support her. However, the immigration authority told the couple that all three will be detained and deported March 17 if they do not express their will to leave Japan within this week, according to their lawyer, Shogo Watanabe.