Another Thai boy looking for his Japanese father
Ever since the media helped Keigo Sato track down his Japanese father, other half-Japanese children in Thailand have been contacting the press requesting that their long lost Japanese fathers also be found.
In this TBS news report, journalists help find the father of young Yamato Niimura:
Yamato Niimura, 10, wept while chatting with his dad Masato on the Net in a hotel room. The contact was made behind close doors following the father’s request for privacy.
Masato, who is now married and has a family in Japan, reportedly told the boy he wanted to take care of him and would soon come to Thailand. He explained that he hadn’t been able to afford the fare to Thailand for the past few years.
The father had wanted to take Yamato to Japan, but because the boy’s mother was an illegal immigrant from Burma, Yamato had no passport. Attempts to talk government offices and embassies into letting him take the boy to Japan failed. The father’s bank book shows that he has been sending about $400 a month to Thailand to support Yamato, but the woman caring for Yamato claims they have received any money (he will now be modifying the transfer info to make sure it is properly sent).
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