A Boy’s Will is the Wind’s Will (12 -12 -12 )

  Rui –  I wish you could know your Grandpa. His name is Morton, and he has been a scientist, a medical research specialist in cancer, immunology, and biochemistry; he taught medical students and led research laboratories for 50 years. Now he teaches bioethics at a couple of different universities. Your grandfather has great technical … More A Boy’s Will is the Wind’s Will (12 -12 -12 )

Symposium on the Hague Convention Considering the Modality of International Family Mediation Organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

“Symposium on the Hague Convention – in Considering the Modality of International Family Mediation –” Organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs December 12, 2012 The Government of Japan has been making efforts toward the conclusion of “the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (the Hague Convention)”. Should it be concluded, … More Symposium on the Hague Convention Considering the Modality of International Family Mediation Organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

New Party Backs Hague Treaty and Progressive Family Measures in Upcoming Japanese Election

The Japanese Diet will be dissolved in December 2012, and a new Diet will soon be elected. The collapse of the DPJ government has been foreseen for some time; the Noda administration has expended what political capital it had on pushing for an unpopular, politically regressive increase in Japan’s consumption tax. Ho hum.  The center of … More New Party Backs Hague Treaty and Progressive Family Measures in Upcoming Japanese Election