Category: Joint custody

Disobedience or Disconnect Between Minister and Judges Within Japan’s Ministry of Justice? 「連れ去り」容認する司法に現役副市長が実名で告発〈ＡＥＲＡ〉

October 29, 2012

「連れ去り」容認する司法に現役副市長が実名で告発〈ＡＥＲＡ〉 On October 23, a Diet Study Session called by Diet member Mr. Yokokume on the problems of parental abduction and custody determination in Japan’s family law and family courts was held.  The session ran a bit like a symposium combined with a press conference.  For the first time, Mr. Yasuyuki Watanabe spoke publicly about his case , … More Disobedience or Disconnect Between Minister and Judges Within Japan’s Ministry of Justice? 「連れ去り」容認する司法に現役副市長が実名で告発〈ＡＥＲＡ〉

From the Shadows – Documentary Reveals Japanese State-Supported International Parental Kidnapping

October 1, 2012

FROM THE SHADOWS – Documentary Film Directed by Matt Antell, David Hearn 2012 At the Philadelphia Film Festival 2012 http://filmadelphia.festivalgenius.com/2012/films/fromtheshadows0_mattantell_filmadelphia2012 Run time: 90 min. | Japan, USA | Language: English This documentary follows the heart-wrenching stories of five different parents whose children have been abducted by their other parent to Japan, a country whose government … More From the Shadows – Documentary Reveals Japanese State-Supported International Parental Kidnapping

Hine Ma Tov

September 16, 2012

On Rosh Hashana, the New Year in autumn, I walked Rui down to East Broadway in New York to peer into the windows of the study houses where men with long gray beards and black caftans swayed over their books, like Roman Vishniac photographs come to life. There, down at the East River where “bubas” … More Hine Ma Tov