Tag: Tokyo

Japanese Lawyers Issue An Opinion on Japanese International Parental Abduction

February 25, 2011

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations has issued a statement regarding the debate over accession to the Hague convention. Japan may sign the Hague, but reform requires that Japanese lawyers  busy themselves  dealing with the politics of adopting an international convention that is not popular by any stretch of the imagination. Offering appeasement to everyone … More Japanese Lawyers Issue An Opinion on Japanese International Parental Abduction

ABC News Sarah Netter and Abbie Boudreau: Hundreds of American Children Taken

February 20, 2011

Abducted to Japan: Hundreds of American Children Taken Japanese Mother Tells ABC News How Easy It Was to Flee With Her American Son By SARAH NETTER and ABBIE BOUDREAU TOKYO, Feb. 16, 2011— A bold-faced lie and a fake name for her child, was all it took for a Japanese mother to abduct her American … More ABC News Sarah Netter and Abbie Boudreau: Hundreds of American Children Taken

Rock Me to Sleep

February 7, 2011

Rui –   Louis Prager –  was named for my mom, Lois Prager. Because she died in 1992, she didn’t meet her last grandchild.  She would have been delighted by him; they would have loved each other. Look at how their eyes match. Intelligence  and sensitivity show in the  set of their mouths, and the … More Rock Me to Sleep

Children’s Rights Held Hostage, Double Crossed (Revised)

January 29, 2011

Kensuke Ohunki, Specialist in the Japanese International  Abduction of Children 1 While there is reason to be optimistic that Japan will eventually sign on to the Hague Convention, skepticism of it created by the  fear-inducing spread of fabricated domestic violence claims has become a strategic consensus breaker that is being used to drive Japanese officials … More Children’s Rights Held Hostage, Double Crossed (Revised)