Japan's child kidnapping problem?

[Tim]

Thoughts, Ry?

Japan has a child-kidnapping problem. It’s not strangers snatching the kids on the playground or at the bus stop; the problem is that when a Japanese national divorces a foreigner overseas, he or she can abduct their children and bring them back to Japan, and the law ensures that the parent left behind has no rights to see the children or take them back home. The U.S. State Department reports that there have been over 100 such kidnappings since 1994, but according to a source, the number is closer to 400. Within Japan itself, divorce often means that one parent may have little or no access to the child. Japan’s inability to deal with child abduction partly stems from archaic family law in Japan that does not recognize joint custody. It’s a winner-take-all system. The law makes it almost impossible for the other parent to even meet the child, if the Japanese partner objects.

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[Ry]

That's a false title the claim was a child custody problem not a "kidnapping" problem. The world over favors women period when it comes to child custody. The only way a woman would loose custody is if she was mentally ill or in jail.

[Tim]

I figured it was more media sensationalism.

[Nasr]

What if women can't financially handle it?

[Ry]

Japan pays you money to have kids. The gov would support her if she didn't have the money.

[fayeclark]

oh is that so? That would be too hard on the other parent that's left behind… they should ammend or make a better law on child custody. Don’t you think?online pokies

[Ry]

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