Thai boy searching for his Japanese father
A 9-year-old boy in Thailand is looking for his father:
Each time a coach packed with tourists stops at Wat Tha Luang in Muang district of Phichit, Keigo shows his picture and bombards visitors with questions about his father.
If a visitor looks Japanese, the boy can hardly wait to ask politely, “Do you know my father?”, and then shows the photo. When the answer is no, his face clouds over.
Born of mixed Thai and Japanese parentage, Keigo, who likes to be called by his first name, said he stays with his aunt Pattama Jatupit, 35, and paralysed grandfather Preecha Janpratum, 60, after his mother Thipmontha Zato, 33, died of a sexually transmitted disease on April 3.
Keigo’s dying mother told him that his Japanese father would come for him, but it never happened. The Thai foreign ministry has taken up the case, and now that the Japanese media has picked up the story it is likely the father will soon be found [although it'd help if the J-media didn't blur out the photo of the dad].
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Very touching. I’m hoping for a happy ending for the boys’ sake.
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and then what? his father takes him back to Japan? Or he stays in Thailand?
I don’t mean to sound rude but let’s face the facts from what I am seeing, it looks like the boy is the result of a one night stand when they father was a tourist in thailand………
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It would be unusual to have a photo from a one-night stand.
Under UK law, a father has a financial responsibility to his children. It may be impractical for the Japanese father to take his son to Japan. At least he could make some settlement for the boy’s future.
Once we have all been genetically profiled by the government, this kind of case will be cleared up easily.
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good point, perhaps he was her boyfriend for a short while? Maybe a student who came over? who knows, too many details are unknown in this case. We can only speculate, but what ever the details I have a feeling the guy is not some family loving guy.
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they got marriage 2 years
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It was not one night stand
They got marriage
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they got officially married in 2000 A.D. and the boy was born in 2000 A.D.
they found the father but he said they got divorce 2 years later and he went back to Japan
left the mom and the boy alone and before the mom passed away
she asked the boy to wait his father in front of the temple
said, he will come back to meet you(the boy) one day
the father already has a new family
the boy said he does not want anything back from his father
just to meet face to face, once for a life time
he wanted to hug his father and say he loves his father
that’s all about
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Why blur the photo of the father if the media really want to help?
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Japanese privacy laws. You can find the photo in some of the articles on foreign media sites, such as this:
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/05/12/national/national_30102483.php
It’s not common to disclose the fact that she died from an STD, was she a prostitute? If yes it’s bad she gave the kid false hopes.
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another reason why I suspect she was either lying or the result of some one night stand.
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Perhaps she was forced to turn to prostitution in order to support her son who was abandoned by his father.
Perhaps the father promised her he would return, and she passed that promise to his son.
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But who will purchase the movie rights to this?
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Their relationship was not a one nightstand.
They have met in Thailand in 2000. His father was an overseas student at that time.
After his mother got pregnant, his father got officially married to his mother both in Japan and Thai in 2001, which was before his birth.
This means his name is listed in Japanese Koseki, and he has Japanese nationality.
After they got married, they moved to Bangok for a job leaving the baby in her mother’s place. They have lived together there for three years.
His mother came back to her home town for her sickness, and his father came back to Japan promising he would return. As she was dead because of STD, it can easily guess his father is also infected with STD. I guess his father is already dead, or hospitalized in Japan. That is why he cannot contact to his son.
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okay, this is what I am talking about , more info! Now we can assess the situation more clearly.
Man that’s heavy!
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Um, links?
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died of an STD? well usually the STD that kills you is AIDS.
Though Syphilis will get you but it usually takes years. HPV caused cervical cancer or maybe severe Hepatitis.
But if it is AIDS then perhaps Keigo’s Japanese dad has the HIV virus as well and is laying low for a good reason
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They found the boy’s father.
http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc_30&k=2009051600329
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His father was found. His parents got divorced 5 years ago, but that boy, whose Japanese name is Keigo Sato (佐藤啓吾), has Japanese citizenship. His father will contact him soon.
http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc_30&k=2009051600329
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However, the boy was finally told that his father felt uncomfortable with all the publicity and would not rush to meet Keigo.
“I just want Dad to come to me fast. I don’t want anything else from you. I don’t want your money … Please let me hug you. … I want to have a father like all the other kids. And I want my friends to stop teasing me for being a love child,” he said.
OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!!
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