Protecting Children in Family Separation

As Japan has the sole custody system after divorce, there are a number of parental disputes over child custody and visitation or access nowadays. Currently, only 1/3 of children with divorced parents can have access to their non-custodial parent, and only 1/4 of children obtain child support from their non-custodial parent. In contrast, Germany and […]

Kidnapped by Mom

In 2006, Chris Gulbraa rode his bike from his home, where he lived with his mother and his brother in Kasugai, Japan. The 15-year-old was going to the airport and he had no intention of ever returning. Interview is also linked in the posting of original source to listen to.  By The State We’re In . […]

FAMILY PROCEDURES LAWSUIT

https://kaji.kokubai.jp/en/about/ We, the plaintiffs (TBD) have been seperated from their parents and their minor children by the Rules of Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Family Procedures Act), unable to meet and participate in child-rearing. In violation of the Japanese Constitution and international treaties, their benefits and rights of child-rearing were not realized, so they formed […]

The Eight Symptoms of Parental Alienation: The Spread of the Animosity to the Friends and/or Extended Family of the Alienated Parent

https://www.jmichaelbone.com/blog1/the-eight-symptoms-of-parental-alienation-the-spread-of-the-animosity-to-the-friends-andor-extended-family-of-the-alienated-parent?fbclid=IwAR390PKMjo-oqR2ESzbcyGAJ_YWQ_H5a2DBjotceuBxDcwcN15G-zOzD4w0 This is the eighth in a series of eight posts devoted to discussion of the eight symptoms originally described by Richard Gardner, MD in 1985. As a quick sidebar, I would like to also point out that while Gardner’s model has drawn some fire regarding the use of the word “syndrome”, much of such […]

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 ” […]