Tag: Tokyo child abduction

Persistence of the Old Regime: For Parents, Japanese State-Sanctioned International Child Abduction Goes On

April 13, 2014

The historian, Arno Mayer, once wrote words to the effect that it is difficult if not impossible to compose reasoned, ordered analysis of a conflict (a military and civil conflict) when the stakes are a fight to the death over a “Holy of Holies.”¹ He was referring in that text to the Israel-Palestine conflict, and … More Persistence of the Old Regime: For Parents, Japanese State-Sanctioned International Child Abduction Goes On

12 o’clock

December 25, 2013

12:00 – Christmas Eve, and I’m moving boxes around in the night here in my apartment, trying to get myself ready for the arrival of the last of the holidays without making too much noise and disturbing my neighbors. I thought of people sleeping and anticipating what they might be doing tomorrow. I always imagine … More 12 o’clock

Child Abduction Enforcment Law Passed by the U.S. House

December 12, 2013

  “Even in the darkest times, we have a right to  expect some illumination.”   –  Hannah Arendt The story below (in Japanese) quotes U.S. parent and chldren’s rights activist, Paul Toland (co-founding member of U.S.-based Bring Abducted Children Home) saying, “I am only one of 400 people whose kids have been stolen to Japan … More Child Abduction Enforcment Law Passed by the U.S. House

A Talking Book That Said Your Name (November 16, 2013 – Rui is 8 Years Old)

November 19, 2013

These three songs are all I can reach out to you with from this helpless place here in New York. Rui, you’re in every dream.  I haven’t forgotten a thing. This is, for me, a memory of when you were small and we slept side by side. Graham Nash – Sleep Song When you were … More A Talking Book That Said Your Name (November 16, 2013 – Rui is 8 Years Old)