Tuesday, March 16, 2005 at 19:08 JST
TOKYO — U.S. chess legend Bobby Fischer's chances of
getting out of Japan improved Wednesday after the top
Japanese immigration official said Fischer can be
deported to Iceland if Reykjavik gives him citizenship,
according to a Japanese opposition lawmaker.
"Based on the interpretation of the immigration law, Mr.
Fischer can go to Iceland if he is given citizenship by
Iceland," Mizuho Fukushima, leader of the Social
Democratic Party, told reporters after a 40-minute
meeting with Masaharu Miura, who heads the Justice
Ministry's Immigration Bureau. (Kyodo News)
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