Category: Joint custody

Japanese Freeze and Father Flees: “I just wanted to get the custody of my child!”

September 9, 2012

 「引き取りたかった」別居中の実子連れ去り逮捕 北九州市八幡東区で、離婚に向けて別居中の自分の子どもを連れ去ったとして、35歳の男が逮捕されました。 In Yahatahigashi Kitakyushu District, a 35-year-old man, estranged from his wife and moving towards divorce, was arrested for abducting his child. Minoru Tamura, the father, was arrested (and declared a suspect). According to the police, the 1-year-old Tamura boy was taken around 9:30 pm July 19, on the Yahataekimae JR. While talking to … More Japanese Freeze and Father Flees: “I just wanted to get the custody of my child!”

Who Needs Men? Sons and Daughters.

August 27, 2012

This is what I’m  commenting on this NYT editorial. See an image of the piece at the bottom of this post. Here is the URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/opinion/men-who-needs-them.html?_r=1 By now, I think everyone should hate male-bashing just about as much as sexism.  I’m all for a materialist, scientific understanding of life, of the biological underpinnings of it … More Who Needs Men? Sons and Daughters.

Japan’s Continuing Failure to Sign the Hague Abduction Convention: The Absence of Children’s Human Rights

August 25, 2012

An Update Concerning Japan’s Continuing Failure to Sign the Hague Abduction Convention by Jeremy Morley Thursday, August 23, 2012 Over the past couple of years the Japanese Government has made a succession of statements concerning its purported intention to sign the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. These statements were quite … More Japan’s Continuing Failure to Sign the Hague Abduction Convention: The Absence of Children’s Human Rights