Yikes, the folks in the Foreign Ministy are both racist and age-ist....
Japan Times wrote:The Japan Oct. 24, 2003
... Experts say that at least 50 Japanese couples have had children through surrogate births overseas. According to Yuki Sumi, representative of the Japan Office of the Nevada Center for Reproductive Medicine, registration of the births of such children has been accepted based on birth certificates from the foreign country.
It just happened that this particular case came to light because of the woman's age.