A selection of readers' views on "Battling a broken system" (Zeit Gist, Sept. 21) and "Behind the facade of family law" (Zeit Gist, Sept. 28), both by Richard Cory:

Thanks for publishing the long article in two parts on "the facade of family law" in Japan by Richard Cory. I myself have gone through precisely the same nightmare, as have so many others I have met and spoken to via get-together groups such as Left Behind Parents Japan, etc.

Child abduction in Japan is rife. I wrote a letter to The Japan Times back in May, about a month and a half after my Japanese wife abducted my children. Six months later, I have not seen them since.