Winter Pictures

  Dear Rui It isn’t that there’s nothing left to say Rui, my son;  there is too much and it overwhelms your Daddy to try to find words for it for you, from this distance.  How can the life in our minds find expression in plain, simple sentences? We are the still, receptive places between … More Winter Pictures

Reject Japanese Accession to the Hague Convention

http://www.japantoday.com/category/politics/view/japan-moves-closer-to-joining-child-custody-pact Japanese accession to the Hague Convention under this “legislation” should be rejected by all signatories and all decent people, everywhere. The legislation is a display of absolute defiance of the convention, and of the principle of international law. The purpose of the convention itself is to stop countries like Japan from continually abducting massive … More Reject Japanese Accession to the Hague Convention

APEC Summit in Honolulu: Economic Relations Trump Children and Parents’ Rights

Protests at the APEC Summit this weekend in Honolulu included a sign that said, “APEC(equals)Capitalism on Steroids.” Our movement for the return of our abducted children is linked, intimately, with the objectives of the American and Japanese governments at this meeting and in the relationship between the two states in general.  Don’t miss the connection. … More APEC Summit in Honolulu: Economic Relations Trump Children and Parents’ Rights