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ABDUCTION

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 15, 2018
Advice on HIV tests, Japanese pensions, rugby and reuniting with kids
Lifelines works through a selection of topics that have come our way recently.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Apr 4, 2018
Abduction issue takes center stage in London in 'The Great Wave'
A new play based on the abduction of Japanese citizens to North Korea has been captivating and educating audiences at the National Theatre in London.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Apr 1, 2018
Japan's Supreme Court orders a child be sent home in a Hague parental abduction case. Maybe.
Defanged habeas corpus grew some teeth in last month's Nagoya international custody ruling, but the problem of toothless enforcement remains.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 15, 2018
Supreme Court breaks new ground, ruling in favor of U.S.-based Japanese father in international custody battle
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in favor of a U.S.-based Japanese father seeking to reunite with his teenage son, who was taken by his estranged wife to Japan in 2016, concluding that the wife's dogged refusal to abide by an earlier court order mandating the minor's repatriation amounts to her "illegally...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Dec 31, 2017
Japan's Supreme Court hands down a road map for parental child abductions
The top court's latest ruling suggests judges will find ways to avoid messy Hague Convention returns that Japan lacks the means to enforce anyway.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2017
Top court reverses 2016 international child custody decision
The Supreme Court reverses an Osaka High Court child-custody ruling after determining one of the spouses is no longer fit to raise children.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2017
Trump may meet parents of North Korea abduction victim Megumi Yokota during visit to Japan
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that Tokyo is arranging a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and the parents of a Japanese national abducted by North Korean agents during the president's planned visit to Japan early next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2017
Abe to abductees' families: Japan vows to bring kidnaps victims back home from North Korea
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reaffirmed to the families of North Korean kidnap victims on Thursday his government's vow to bring the abductees back home to Japan in cooperation with the United States.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 21, 2017
Full text of Abe's address at U.N. General Assembly
The following is the text of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 5, 2017
Parental abduction victims hold rally to push for joint custody rights
Parents deprived of their children held a rally Friday to push for introducing joint custody to the Japanese legal system and to raise awareness of the plight faced by their offspring when marriages fall apart.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 1, 2017
Three years after Japan signed Hague, parents who abduct still win
Despite winning return orders in court, foreign fathers are treated like offenders.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 26, 2017
Help for those seeking left-behind parents in Japan
Two adult daughters contacted Lifelines hoping to get help with issues related to their fathers.
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2017
Another kidnapping in Hong Kong
For anyone living and working in China and Hong Kong the message is clear. The border between the special economic zone and the mainland is permeable to the point of nonexistent.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2016
Kin of Japanese abducted by North Korean agents press international community to do more
The brother of a 13-year-old girl who was one of a number of Japanese abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s pressed the international community at a gathering at the United Nations on Wednesday to keep a spotlight on the issue of those forcibly taken from their countries.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Apr 17, 2016
Two years after Japan signed Hague, children have been returned but old issues remain
A couple of years have passed since Japan signed the international convention on child abduction, and there is cause for celebration — and concern.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 1, 2016
Saitama police probe alleged kidnapper's car, seek to know how he learned girl's name
A 23-year-old man arrested on suspicion of abducting a teenage girl in 2014 told investigators he had wanted to carry out such a kidnapping since his junior high school days, police said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 31, 2016
Alleged kidnapper of teen girl arrested on release from hospital
A 23-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of abducting a teenage girl from Saitama Prefecture two years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 7, 2016
Japanese action against North Korea could kill abduction talks
North Korea's claimed hydrogen bomb test poses a dilemma for Japan as strong action against Pyongyang could kill already stalled talks to resolve the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2016
A-bomb survivors, families of abductees condemn North Korea's nuclear test
Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings and relatives of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea expressed anger Wednesday at the news that Pyongyang had detonated a fourth nuclear device.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2015
Abe rapped for inaction on North Korean abduction issue
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy on the North Korean abduction issue is getting nowhere, says Toru Hasuike, brother of abductee Kaoru Hasuike.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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