A Frenchman in Japan who says his children were abducted by their Japanese mother began a hunger strike in Tokyo on Saturday, in a protest he hopes will bring international attention to his fight to be reunited with his family.
“I’ve given everything, I’ve lost my job, my house and my savings in the last three years. I weigh 80 kilograms now, and I’ll give it all until the very last gram,” Vincent Fichot said, sitting at the entrance to a train station in Tokyo, not far from the new Olympic stadium.
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KEYWORDS
France,
children,
Hague Convention,
parental child abduction,
mixed relationships,
marriage,
divorce,
expats,
family law,
parenthood,
nationality
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