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U.S. to take up child abductions

U.S. to take up child abductions

U.S. to take up child abductions Kyodo News Japanese and U.S. officials met for the first time Friday to discuss how to address situations in which failed international marriages result in children being taken to Japan without the prior consent of U.S. parents, who are then denied access, according to the Foreign Ministry. During the meeting, the U.S. officials reiterated that Japan should accede to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects...

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Japan urged to sign accord

Japan urged to sign accord

Japan urged to sign accord against parental abductions Friday 22nd May, 06:18 AM JST TOKYO — The United States and three other western nations Thursday urged Japan to sign an accord against parental child abductions, saying scores of children are being held in the country. U.S., French, British and Canadian diplomats launched the rare joint appeal at a U.S. Embassy press conference, listing cases of foreign parents who have been unable...

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A surprise (reposted see link below)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki speaks often in Washington. He like to emphasize what he expects in his diplomatic mission. His first expectation and rule, is that he wants “no surprises” between the US and Japan.On Monday, March 9th, he was surprised; and not in the good way.A seemingly irrelevant House of Representatives resolution sponsored by a New Jersey Republican...

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Little hope for Japan’s forsaken fathers

Denial of child abduction as a crime is hurting those left behind, writes Justin Norrie in Tokyo. FOUR years ago George Obiso’s former wife took his two young sons on a six-week holiday to Japan and never came back. Mr Obiso, 42, still recalls anxiously watching the clock in his Gold Coast home as he waited for their mother, Sachi Shimada, to return them on the designated day. “I waited and waited. I kept listening out for...

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Child access protest in Japan

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7668654.stm  Foreigners whose Japanese partners are refusing to let them see their children are pressing for government...

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