Hague pledge fails to appease U.S. lobbyists
Talk of joining cross-border child abductions treaty ‘insincere’ NEW YORK – Leaders of U.S. groups lobbying for the return of children abducted by a parent across
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Please, prime minister, just let me be a father
Dear Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, As a boy growing up in America, my mother and father would have frequent arguments. It was a stressful time
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Hague Convention on child abduction may shape Japan’s family law — or vice versa
Giant Hello Kitty-emblazoned kudos to Japan for finally signing the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction. Now comes the hard part: actually making it work.
Real Stories
Japan’s Child Kidnapping Problem
Dozens of American children are abducted to Japan every year—not by strangers, but by parents after messy divorces. Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky and Jake Adelstein report Updated Jul.
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Case of International Parental Abduction – David Fleming
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Japan Times Colin Jones on anachronistic Koseki System, how lack of family laws affect J divorces
Hi Blog. In a breathtakingly excellent article that only the Japan Times can give us (where else are you going to find these avenues for
Colin Jones and Daily Yomiuri on J judiciary’s usurpingly paternal attitudes re families post-divorce
Hi Blog. One more piece in the puzzle about why divorces with children in tow in Japan are so problematic. As we’ve discussed here before
Good news: GOJ signs Hague Child Abductions Treaty. Bad news: GOJ will probably caveat its way out of ever following it
Japan votes to adopt child abduction treaty 22 May 2013 BBC News Japan’s parliament voted unanimously to approve the treaty Related Stories Japan joins global
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2014 MOFA pamphlet explaining Hague Treaty on Child Abductions to J citizens (full text with synopsis, including child-beating NJ father on cover & victimized J mothers throughout) UPDATE: With link to MOFA pdf and official E translation
Hello Blog. Japan, after years of pressure from overseas, is now a signatory to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, where children
DEBITO.ORG SPECIAL EDITION NEWSLETTER HOW TO GET A DIVORCE IN JAPAN
By Arudou DebitoDecember 2, 2006 I originally wrote a preliminary research essay on divorce in Japan last July (blogged at http://www.debito.org/index.php/?p=9). I neglected to mention that