Tag: Tokyo

Japanese Freeze and Father Flees: “I just wanted to get the custody of my child!”

September 9, 2012

 「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!”

Divorce Conflict Madness – Machiko Terauchi’s Indifference to Rui

August 27, 2012

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

Condemned to Repeat

December 25, 2011

Flyers distributed around New York throughout the fall of 2011. Around the City University, at Occupy Wall Street, at bookstores and restaurants, to Amy Goodman, Michael Moore, and countless others. “A child of 5 whose nanny is leaving is told not to cry because that would make it more difficult for nanny. … A child … More Condemned to Repeat

Leaves

December 21, 2011

Boarding a subway today, dragging my usual work bags, a woman stood to give me her seat –   the first time anyone has done that since I last carried Rui into a crowded train, wobbling and subway surfing in front of the train door. I thought,  has the gray in my beard  become that … More Leaves