Scott McIntyre: “Parent arrested while trying to find his children”
FAQS FOR TEENS AND ADULTS WHO HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD CUSTODY DISPUTES/ABDUCTION
Disclaimer Q1. I was born in the United States but came to Japan on a Japanese passport when I was a child and have lived here ever since. I have a Japanese family register (“koseki”). Am I still a U.S. citizen? Will I lose my U.S. citizenship if I tell (or have already told) a Japanese […]
In Lebanon, Mothers Have Limited Custody Rights after Divorce
As in many countries, women in Lebanon are discriminated against, facilitated by the existence of 15 religion-based personal status laws. One of these laws determines children’s custody in case of a divorce and prevents mothers from raising their children. The accidental death of women’s rights activist Nadine Jouni on 6 October 2019 while she was on her […]
Protecting Children in Family Separation from a Psychological Perspective
A look in the psychological aspects and impacts of divorce and separation on children. The discussion of mediation, its foundations, and impacts with children are also included within this presentation. By: NORIKO ODAGIRITOKYO INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY https://www.dijtokyo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dij-forum_odagiri_190418.pdf
子ども達が日本を訴えるー引き裂かれた家族の悲しみ
私達は、虐待やネグレクトなどの疑いをかけられ、我が子を児童相談所に一時保護され、帰してもらえなくなったり子どもに会うことさえできなくなった全国の親子が集結した原告団です。 We are a group of plaintiffs from all over the country who have been suspected of abusing or neglecting children, have had our children temporarily placed in a child consultation center, and are unable to return or even meet our children. これだけだと、「本当は虐待やネグレクトがあったのでは？」という先入観を持たれる方もいらっしゃいますがそれであれば裁判までやりません。 With this alone, some people might have a preconceived notion that ” […]
Child abductions and 100%-win divorce business – Japanese Diet Member Mio Sugita
“The people, organization and setup behind the child abductions business are exactly the same as for the comfort women problem. This is what I can tell for sure.”
[May 2021 version] 13 unscrupulous divorce lawyers who still receive success rewards for “preventing visitation exchanges”
So far, 9 lawyers have removed the “Success fee for blocking visits” display Believe it or not, there are unscrupulous divorce lawyers in Japan who are proudly engaged in the illegal business of preventing parent-child visitation exchanges. This site investigates unscrupulous divorce lawyers who clearly state on their homepage the illegal content of lawyer compensation […]
Case of International Parental Abduction – David Fleming
The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent, ad-free, and 100% crowd-funded. Please consider becoming a patron and making a pledge at the following: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210 In this episode, I talk left-behind father, David Fleming, about the circumstances surrounding his then wife abducting their three children, and not allowing him access to them. Want to […]
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 academic research in journalistic format; not from the vanity sanitized English press of the Yomiuri, or the skeleton-staff of the IHT/Asahi offering scant domestic news), we have Colin P.A. Jones […]
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 umpteen times, Japan does not allow joint custody (thanks to the Koseki Family Registry system etc.), nor does it guarantee visitation rights. Following below is another excellent article by Colin […]