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’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)

Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Japanese Accession to International Child Abduction Convention Postponed for an Additional Year – U.S. Department of State Collaborates With MOFA “Pilot Project” to Abandon Internationally Abducted Children to Illegal Japanese Claims of Jurisdiction

In an outburst of predictable  seasonal activity over the August summer vacation,  Japan has signaled to all of us via the U.S. Department of State that they will not comply with   the international community and the U.S. Department of State’s one and only primary political request with regard to the excessive Japanese human welfare … More Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Japanese Accession to International Child Abduction Convention Postponed for an Additional Year – U.S. Department of State Collaborates With MOFA “Pilot Project” to Abandon Internationally Abducted Children to Illegal Japanese Claims of Jurisdiction