Children who come to Japan by the age of 17 often obtain a family visa, according to the ISA. As of the end of last year, there were approximately 266,000 people, including adults, with this status.

For a lot of kids in Japan, the first thing they do when they get to school in the morning isn’t to sharpen a pencil, take out a sheet of paper, or open a textbook and stand it up on their desk in ...