Case of International Parental Abduction – David Fleming
The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent, ad-free, and 100% crowd-funded. Please consider becoming a patron and making a pledge at the following: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210 In this episode, I talk left-behind father, David Fleming, about the circumstances surrounding his then wife abducting their three children, and not allowing him access to them. Want to […]
Japan Times Colin Jones on anachronistic Koseki System, how lack of family laws affect J divorces
Hi Blog. In a breathtakingly excellent article that only the Japan Times can give us (where else are you going to find these avenues for academic research in journalistic format; not from the vanity sanitized English press of the Yomiuri, or the skeleton-staff of the IHT/Asahi offering scant domestic news), we have Colin P.A. Jones […]
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 […]
Good news: GOJ signs Hague Child Abductions Treaty. Bad news: GOJ will probably caveat its way out of ever following it
Japan votes to adopt child abduction treaty 22 May 2013 BBC News Japan’s parliament voted unanimously to approve the treaty Related Stories Japan joins global custody pact Japan custody heartache for foreign fathers Japan pressured over child abductionWatch Japan’s parliament has voted to adopt an international treaty on child abductions, after years of pressure from […]
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 […]
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 […]
Solving parental child abduction problem no piece of cake
Carving out Hague caveats could halt the return of any kids snatched to Japan The Way of Cake is mysterious and paradoxical. A master of the Way can make his neighbors feel they have filled themselves with tasty cake without ever cutting off a piece. The Way allows its disciple to step outside the boundaries […]
Biased pamphlet bodes ill for left-behind foreign parents outside Japan
After years of pressure from foreign governments and enormous efforts by “left-behind” parents to have access to children abducted to and from Japan after marital separation or divorce, the Japanese government became a party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in April. That is, of course, good news. Now […]