Japan’s refusal to recognize the 1980 Hague Convention on international child abduction hit the headlines again this week when a father from the US was arrested in Fukuoka for allegedly trying to take his two children out of Japan.
Christopher Savoie, the reports say, was trying to enforce custody rights granted to him by a US court, but not applicable in Japan, in attempting to take his own children back from his ex-wife, who is Japanese. However, she called the authorities and Savoie is now in jail awaiting possible kidnapping charges.
As often is the case with international child abduction it’s a messy business, made complex by the Hague issue, however it gets even more obscure. The latest news says Savoie is actually a Japanese citizen and the marriage was never formally ended under Japanese law.
Moreover, the case is getting little or no coverage in Japanese media, whereas the rest of the world seems to be reacting with a mixture of shock and disbelief. Read more about it on CNN’s website.
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Christopher Savoie, the reports say, was trying to enforce custody rights granted to him by a US court, but not applicable in Japan, in attempting to take his own children back from his ex-wife, who is Japanese. However, she called the authorities and Savoie is now in jail awaiting possible kidnapping charges.
As often is the case with international child abduction it’s a messy business, made complex by the Hague issue, however it gets even more obscure. The latest news says Savoie is actually a Japanese citizen and the marriage was never formally ended under Japanese law.
Moreover, the case is getting little or no coverage in Japanese media, whereas the rest of the world seems to be reacting with a mixture of shock and disbelief. Read more about it on CNN’s website.
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