Deadline nears for Filipino family The Japan Times: Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009 http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090226a3.html > Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Ritsuo Hosokawa, a strong candidate for justice minister if the DPJ comes to power in the next election, urged the Justice Ministry to allow the family to stay.
> "If I were justice minister, I would do my best to allow them stay in Japan," Hosokawa told The Japan Times on Tuesday.