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.
Marching through the Asakusa district in Tokyo's Taito Ward, about 30 Japanese and foreign participants held up a multilingual banner reading, "Stop Parental Child Abduction!"
Demonstrators also carried signs reading "More visitation time" and "Affection from both parents to children" during the hour-long march on Children's Day.