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Podcast: In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Episode: STATELESS: The Japanese left behind in the Philippines
Description: Rosalina Harada Mondragon has been waiting her whole life to be recognized as Japanese. She was born in the Philippines in 1940 to a Japanese father killed during the Pacific War.
Rosalina is one of thousands of children to Japanese fathers left behind at the end of the conflict. Many became stateless. Eight decades later, 50 survivors are still fighting to be acknowledged by Japan.