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)

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

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

Defiance of the Court: New Japanese Parental Abduction from Seattle Demonstrates the Need for New Preventive Regulation (Keisuke’s Law)

Japan is working on its statistical quota for the year, it seems. This is a story from today’s news. A mother who had been given a court order to turn over her passports rushed to the Seattle airport and made away with her child. Destination? Japan. The father literally chased them trying to prevent them … More Defiance of the Court: New Japanese Parental Abduction from Seattle Demonstrates the Need for New Preventive Regulation (Keisuke’s Law)