have her passport reissued. However, she was later denied the reissuance of passport by an embassy official for the reason that she had applied for refugee status. Still later in Japan, in 2015, A gave birth to child B, whose father was a Cameroonian who was not in marital relationship with A. The Cameroon Nationality Code provides, in Section 6(b), that Cameroon nationality is acquired by an illegitimate child whose natural (biological) parents are both Cameroonians.141 In the same year, A went to the Embassy of Cameroon in Japan in order to register B’s birth. A received the application form, filled it out, and mailed it to the embassy. However, at a later date, she was told by an embassy official that B’s birth registration as well as A’s passport reissuance would not be permitted because she was applying for asylum. B remains unregistered to this day and does not possess any document to prove Cameroonian nationality. A and her child B ostensibly should have obtained Cameroonian nationality under the Cameroon Nationality Code. However, under the treatment of the Embassy of Cameroon in Japan, they remain unable to have a passport issued or birth registered. It may be possible for them to have a passport issued or birth registered if there were a change in the embassy’s position, but the possibility for such change is not clear at this moment. Thus, A and B are considered to possess Cameroonian nationality according to the law, but they might not be treated as nationals under the implementation of the law by the embassy. It is possible that they might not be considered as nationals by any State under the operation of its law and are at risk of statelessness. (2) Administrative response by Japan A and B’s foreigner residence cards display “Cameroon” in the “Nationality/area of origin” column, indicating that the Immigration Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Justice recognizes them as persons possessing Cameroonian nationality. 4. < Case 6 > Asylum seeker with Chinese nationality C, who is a well-known pro-democracy activist with Chinese nationality, was in Japan as a student when the Tiennanmen Square incident occurred in 1989. He played a central role in pro-democracy activities in Japan in protest of the incident and applied for asylum. In December 1997, C attempted to renew his passport (which was to expire in January 1998) at the Consular Section of the Embassy of China in Japan. An official of the 141 Law No. 1968-LF-3 of the 11th June 1968 to set up the Cameroon Nationality Code (15 July 1968). Reference was made to the following: http://www.refworld.org/cgibin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=search&docid=3ae6b4db1c&skip=0&query=nationality%20code&coi=CM R. 65