June 15
7 years to the day since Rui was abducted and taken to where the Japanese state would assert its sovereignty and claim jurisdiction over my son, unchallenged by any institution, regardless of international law, concern for children’s protection, or feelings of shared humanity.

Japan’s Fuji TV reported on Rui’s abduction in 2011, and tried to hide the identity of the abductor in this way (with facial blurring). They ought to have known;  Japan offers no rememdies for victims of child abduction. They could have put her name and face in lights.

Fuji TV story- original photo