Comments on OKUDA, Statelessness and the Nationality Act of Japan: Baby Andrew Becomes a Teenager and other Changes?

Abstract

I. Introduction
II. Commenting on Okuda’s Article
1. Okuda’s Article in Summary
2. The Universal Applicability of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child?
3. Nationality Law as International Family Law
III. The Baby Andrew Case
1. “When Both Parents are Unknown” and the Burden of Proof
2. Controlling Social Change and the Ministry of Justice
3. Using Litigation and the Media in Japan
IV. Conclusion