Japan signs up to global child custody pact

alp227

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Thu May-19-11 10:11 PM
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Japan signs up to global child custody pact

Source: BBC News

The Japanese government has agreed to sign up to an international treaty that sets procedures for settling cross-border child custody disputes.

Japan is the only one of the Group of Seven industrialised nations yet to join the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction.

Correspondents say the move follows intense foreign pressure on Tokyo.

Its policies have been blamed for making it easy for Japanese mothers to remove children from foreign fathers.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13465814

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RandySF

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Thu May-19-11 11:05 PM
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1. It's about time.

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drpepper67

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Fri May-20-11 08:43 AM
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2. I get my local news

From Nashville, TN and I hope this helps this father.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/11214752/father-follows-abducted-children-to-japan-gets-arrested?nav=menu374_2&redirected=true

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Bonobo

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Fri May-20-11 09:17 AM
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3. That man is a fraud, a liar AND a Japanese citizen.

And as a Japanese citizen, he swore to give up his US citizenship and allegiance and thus he is a liar.

Didn't hear about that did you?

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