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

Grim Electoral Prospects / The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Is Not Over!

This is a look into the impending election in Japan. Stories of the type you see below were more abundant a year ago. This is now. I saw this on the web, and thought I would share it with my U.S. friends. It deserves to be considered. The Fukushima radiation crisis is not over. Unless … More Grim Electoral Prospects / The Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Is Not Over!

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