On Rosh Hashana, the New Year in autumn, I walked Rui down to East Broadway in New York to peer into the windows of the study houses where men with long gray beards and black caftans swayed over their books, like Roman Vishniac photographs come to life. There, down at the East River where “bubas” … More Hine Ma Tov
「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!”
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
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
For Rui Boy 