Gradually, common-sense and knowledgeable voices have been appearing within Japan that are able to articulate the harmfulness and legal deadlocks created by Japanese legalized kidnapping as a response to divorce. It is a rare pleasure to be able to put forth here in English the words of one of those who have taken the long-standing … More Takao Tanase: The Hague Convention and Japan’s Parent-Child Law
2 year anniversary of my honeyboy’s kidnapping. Not a word. Rui, I love you more than words can tell. Tell your mother to bring you home to Daddy. Returning a bug to the park
Whispering Pines Richard Manuel & Robbie Robertson If you find me in a gloom or catch me in a dream Inside my lonely room there is no in between Whispering pines, rising of the tide If only one star shines that’s just enough to get inside I will wait until it all goes ’round With … More “I can feel you standing there, but I don’t see you anywhere.”
On April 15th and April 16th, 2011, the ABC news broadcasts we had been waiting for aired to a national and then international audience. Without doubt, this was and is a significant step in bringing our dilemma and our cause to much wider exposure and much greater public awareness. For those of us who were … More ABC News – Children Abducted to Japan, Fathers Left Behind
For Rui Boy 