Film sheds light on plight of left-behind parents
The documentary film “From The Shadows,” completed last December, features five left-behind parents and their struggles to reconnect with their children. During a recent interview with The Japan Times, producer and director David Hearn stressed that he was motivated to make the film to raise awareness and understanding. In the 6½ years it took to […]
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
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
Iraq War Vet Says Wife Kidnapped Children To Japan
Credit: Bring Abducted Children Home A young Iraq War veteran is in the fight of his life against his ex-wife to bring his children home.
Abduction | Aiko Hassett | TEDxYouth@Tokyo
Credit: TedX Talks Aiko Hassett is a junior in the science track at Hiroo Gakuen Senior High School. She is also an alumni of Heathwood Hall Episcopal School and has participated in the GAKKO Project and H-LAB (Harvard Liberal Arts Beyond Borders) summer programs. In her free time, she enjoys playing guitar, writing music, painting, […]