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

 「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.

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.

Divorce Conflict Madness – Machiko Terauchi’s Indifference to Rui

The video clip below is something I saw on Youtube that reminded me again, again, again, (like I need to be reminded?) that Machiko’s drive to divorce and abduction is a miserably narcissistic and cruel thing to do to Rui. I didn’t want to divorce her; in the end, I wanted to live with my … More Divorce Conflict Madness – Machiko Terauchi’s Indifference to Rui

Japan Abducts Children (2)

Our first 800 days. The Japanese State condones the international abduction of children upon marital breakdown or failure. By encouraging the practice of abduction, then masking parental kidnapping as  “custody determination”, Japan helps to induce Japanese families to bring about the permanent separation of children from the parents who have raised them, and upon whom … More Japan Abducts Children (2)