託されたのは１７人で、男児１３人、女児４人。手紙や親からの連絡などで９人の身元が判明した。

“17 babies were deposited, of whom 13 were boys and 4 were girls. The parents of nine of them were identified by letters or through communication from the parents.”

FFS….One more time for those who somehow have missed it…..repeat after me.

There. Is. No. Such. Thing. As. Pure. Japanese. Blood.

A step further if I may……There are also no genetic markers (or tests) for Japanese ethnicity. However, some fruitcake Japanese professor (or misguided J-biotech company) may have successfully bilked grant or venture money to try to develop such.

「ゆりかご」には昨年５月～今年３月に１７人が預けられた。中間報告によると、身元がわかった１０人のうち、母親が１人で来たとみられるのは２割。両親が在日外国人だったり、祖父母や男性が預けたりした例があるという。

“Between last May (2007) to this March, 17 babies were deposited to the “Cradle”. According to the interim report, of the 10 babies whose parents were identified, 20% were deposited by the mother. There were cases where both parents were foreigners or a baby was deposited by the grand parents or by a man.”

So, they found the baby a foreigner, not because of his/her skin color but because both his/her parents were foreigners.

So much for the people who jump to “Japan is a racist hell” on just anything.

Personally, I don’t see why it should even be news, the nationality of the child has not been established and either way it should not matter.
So he might be stateless but that can be fixed

- Hair color
- Skin color
- Eye color and shape
- and…. blue butts. Am I joking? Asian newborns typically have butts that are blue hue.

There are always exceptions to the norms, so don’t take the above list as the ultimate criterions. The baby may also be half Japanese. I’d be interested in how they came to the conclusion.

They are talking in certainties while this is uncertain, which is the root of this problem I believe.

I took a good look at the picture though, so when I recognise him (or is it her?) walking down the street in 10 years time, I’ll be able to laugh and say, “You got left in a Baby Hatch loser! I found you out and now you don’t deserve a chance! Haha!”

:/

Err…because it didn’t look japanese? Just taking a wild guess here.

Exactly what I thought when I read it.

In fact why would they ever announce that an infant was found at all? The idea is to give these babies a chance at life. The last thing you want is people feeling they might get found out due to the media announcing it.