Children’s Rights Held Hostage, Double Crossed (Revised)

Kensuke Ohunki, Specialist in the Japanese International  Abduction of Children 1 While there is reason to be optimistic that Japan will eventually sign on to the Hague Convention, skepticism of it created by the  fear-inducing spread of fabricated domestic violence claims has become a strategic consensus breaker that is being used to drive Japanese officials … More Children’s Rights Held Hostage, Double Crossed (Revised)

Parental Alienation and the Misuse of Abuse

1 There is no more serious family issue than domestic violence. However, my intuition from early in this fight has told me that a key question in the fight against Japanese Parental Abduction is the way that charges of domestic violence are abused by petitioners to the family court there. I wanted to understand this issue. … More Parental Alienation and the Misuse of Abuse

It’s a Family Matter

A thousand unanswered calls. A  family ought to be a source of refuge and safety for a child, as well as for grown-ups. But thousands of abductions of children across international boundaries having taken place over the last decade have made Japan famous. The refuge these parents seek are family courts that predicate decisions regarding … More It’s a Family Matter