Topic: Japan
Japan on Friday decided to join an international pact that sets procedures for settling cross-border child custody disputes, after years of foreign pressure to do so.At Friday's cabinet meeting, the government agreed to sign the 1980 Hague Convention that extends custody rights ...
US warns Japan to loosen child custody laws or risk hurting relations between the allies Steve Christie cannot see his son because his Japanese ex-wife has sole custody, a typical arrangement in Japan."This matter has raised very real concerns among senior and ...
This week's highlights include blog posts about the divorces of two high-profile politicians, a call for child support reform, potential fall-out from international custody battles, and more. A Call for Child Support Reform - Katie writes about the need for child support ...
Japan, US discuss ways to resolve child custody disputes in broken international marriagesThe United States urged Japan on Friday to resolve a growing number of child custody disputes between citizens of the two countries, and renewed its demand that Tokyo join an ...
US parents separated from their children by foreign authorities pleaded Wednesday to Congress to make custody battles a diplomatic priority with nations such as Japan and Brazil.Japan has come under growing US criticism for its strict rules in custody disputes. Japanese courts ...
Japan drops case against US father who tried to snatch his children from ex-wifeJapanese prosecutors confirmed Friday that they have dropped the case against an American man arrested in Japan when he snatched his children from his ex-wife.Christopher Savoie was arrested Sept. ...
US envoy, other countries urge Japan to resolve international child abductionsAmbassadors from the U.S. and seven other countries urged Japan on Friday to quickly resolve a growing number of international child custody disputes, a day after Japanese police freed an American man ...
Family law in Japan has for many years put fathers at a real disadvantage in custody issues. Read about Masahiro Yoshida's story of being alienated from his daughter and the work of attorney Hideki Tani and others who are working to find ...
Divorced fathers in Japan, cut off from kids, turning to courts to seek access, change systemOn Christmas Eve two years ago, Masahiro Yoshida returned to his home to find it empty. Christopher Savoie, a 38-year-old Tennessee man, remains in custody in the ...
Woman felt trapped when she took kids to Japan, where husband tried to get them backA friend says Noriko Savoie felt trapped she was a Japanese citizen new to the U.S. whose American husband had just served her divorce papers.Her disintegrating marriage ...
