Child abduction is epidemic in Japan. My boy Rui is among the most recent victims. Decades of U.S. indifference and failure to demand rights and protection of our own children = complicity. Sanctions should have been imposed decades ago for each and every child. Now the problem is too big to solve, the military-strategic relationship … More Japan Abducts Children
Dear Rui, Darling Boy. I have so much to tell you. If I become silent here in my writing space for a period of time, it isn’t because I don’t think of you, or because you’ve moved even a fraction from my heart, or because I’ve lost hope or let up my efforts. At times … More Silence
Abducted to Japan: Hundreds of American Children Taken Japanese Mother Tells ABC News How Easy It Was to Flee With Her American Son By SARAH NETTER and ABBIE BOUDREAU TOKYO, Feb. 16, 2011— A bold-faced lie and a fake name for her child, was all it took for a Japanese mother to abduct her American … More ABC News Sarah Netter and Abbie Boudreau: Hundreds of American Children Taken
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 