In Japan, foreign parents lead charge against loss of child custody
A growing number of foreign nationals in Japan are speaking out against what they say is a little-known but entrenched system that allows one parent in a broken relationship to take away children and block the other from visiting them. The issue of what domestic and overseas media call parental child “abduction” has regained international […]
Shun Fujiki – Child Abduction issue – 38th UN Human Rights Council Meeting General Debate Item3
Shunichi Fujiki a director of International Career Support Association addressed the issue of “Parental Child Abduction and Parental Custody which is seriously violating the human rights of Children at the 38th UN Human rights Council Meeting on 25th of June 2018.
Ueno, Odagiri, Perina & Fichot: Japan’s Child Abduction Issue
Akira Ueno: Lawyer, Nihonbashi Sakura Law Firm / Noriko Odagiri: Professor of Clinical Psychology, Tokyo International University / Tommaso Perina: an Italian Father / Vincent Fichot: a French Father
Please share! Today it’s Children’s Day in Japan. We call it Kidnapped Children’s Day.
5/5 is Children’s Day in Japan. But not for some parents… Please watch and share! For more information: www.japanchildrenrights.org
True facts on why Europe and the US don’t trust Japan anymore
Every year, 150,000 children are kidnapped in Japan with the full support of the Japanese authorities. That means one parent decides to take the children without the consent of his/her spouse, and to leave. However surprising this may sound, in the Japanese Parliament politicians are discussing about this problem on a daily basis, mentioning that […]
What happens to the kids in international parental-child abduction?
Credit: Insight SBS The actions of one parent – taking a child (or children) without the others parents’ knowledge – are often devastating, leaving the left-behind adult emotionally and physically exhausted from the fight to get their child back to Australia.
Child abduction in Japan
Speakeasy: Parental Child Abduction in Japanese Law
Credit: ShingetsuNews This SNA Speakeasy features Jeremy Morley on the theme of “Parental Child Abduction in Japanese Law.”
ABC World News Tonight – Kept in Japan: Fathers Left Behind
Credit: ABC World News and Bring Abducted Children Home American fathers send messages to the children they haven’t seen in years. • Join Us at BAChome.org • U.S. citizen children are being abducted to and within Japan. • Japan has NEVER returned a single abducted child. • U.S. policy needs to be changed to force […]
Children abducted in Japan, still nothing changes
Credit: Italy Sky TG24 and Japan Child Rights