U.S. House Eyes Measure against Japan over Parental Child Abductions
Washington, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–A U.S. House Foreign Affairs subcommittee is drafting new legislation aimed at making it easier for the State Department to take strict measures against Japan to settle cross-border parental child abductions. “Japan apparently does not recognize the concept of joint custody,” Rep. Chris Smith (R-New Jersey), co-chairman of the House Human […]
Advocates call out Japan for one-parent, overseas abductions of American children
BY WYATT OLSON• STARS AND STRIPES • SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 Just over 10,800 American children were victims of so-called international parental child abduction from 2009 through 2019, according to a 2020 report by the Congressional Research Service. A New Jersey congressman and other advocates urged the State Department to use the strongest enforcement tools passed by Congress in 2014 for […]
Japon : Takaya Teton enlevé par sa mère japonaise lorsque son père canadien prenait une douche.
English Video – Sous titres en Français 日本語字幕 English Explanation at the bottom Le titre aussi surprenant qu’il soit est malheureusement vrai. En vacances au Japon, le fils d’Henrik Teton (Canada) a été enlevé par sa mère lorsque son père prenait une douche dans leur hôtel. Depuis son père se bas pour son fils, mais […]
Child Recovery Specialists
Do two wrongs ever make a right? The use of ‘child recovery specialists’ in international parental child abduction cases Sarah Cecilie Finkelstein Waters Desperate parents of parentally abducted children are increasingly turning to hired help to retrieve their children from their abducting parents. For a (often considerable) fee ‘child recovery specialists’ promise to covertly recover […]
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 […]
Khabarovsk woman protests against kidnapping at the Olympic stadium in Tokyo
In Japan, a Khabarovsk resident Karina Kakhiani fights for the opportunity to see her son regularly. The day before, she spent a day, demonstrating at the stadium, where the opening of the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place in a week. 11:19, July 16th, 2021 Several years ago, Karina married a Japanese man, […]
‘I haven’t seen them in over seven months’, says mother of 3 children abducted to Lebanon
November 15, 2019 at 3:28 pm | Published in: Asia & Americas, Canada, Interviews, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, UAEKhawla Khalifa’s children Zein Eldin (L), Dina Zeidan (C) and Fawzi Zeidan (R). Dina and Fawzi were kidnapped by their father, Achraf Zeidan, and taken to Lebanon, 15 November 2019 Amelia Smith amyinthedesert November 15, 2019 at 3:28 pm On the weekend of Khawla Khalifa’s […]
Kidnapped in Japan: Child abduction in Japan – A true story
Japan is known as a black hole for abducted children. This is the true story of a kidnapping and the efforts to solve the crime and recover the child, held captive at an unknown location in Japan.
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 ” […]
