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 […]
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 of international marriages are to be protected against psychologically-damaging abductions and severed contact with one parent after marriage dissolution and divorce. Debito.org has covered this issue extensively in the past. What […]
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 I was currently going through a very messy one myself. Now that it is over with, it is time to give a more complete picture. This post is structured as […]
DIVORCE IN JAPAN – WHAT A MESS
By Arudou Debito, Sapporo, JapanExcerpted and adapted from upcoming book, “HANDBOOK FOR NEWCOMERS, MIGRANTS, AND IMMIGRANTS: Setting Down Roots in Japan” (published March 2008).Published by Success Stories Japan, a newsletter for corporate executives, issue dated June 2006.(Referential Links for claims made within the article appear at the very bottom.)For many readers of Success Stories, understanding the demographics of […]
So you are thinking of marrying a Japanese…?
If you are thinking of marrying a Japanese citizen, congratulations! But to protect against the unthinkable, you should consider the following now. Should you decide to go ahead, you will hopefully be one of the happy international marriages out there. But if it doesn’t last, it wont just be you who looses, it will be […]
Child Abductions Issue: How Japan’s debate on defining “Domestic Violence”, the loophole in enforcing the Hague Treaty, is heading in the wrong direction
Hi Blog. Here is a report from a Debito.org reader who translates how the debate on Domestic Violence in Japan (being cited as a reason to create loopholes in Japan’s enforcement of the upcoming signatory status with the Hague Treaty on Child Abductions) is being stretched to justify just about any negative behavior (including non-tactile […]
Hague jars with Japan’s family law, a zero-sum game with only one outcome
On April 1, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction went into force in Japan, as did the necessary implementing legislation. Having already written about this legislation in a prior column, I won’t revisit the subject here. While Japan’s accession is a welcome step forward, I wonder how it will actually pan […]
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
