The Nagoya High Court ordered a woman on Tuesday to return her son to his father in the United States, saying her failure to comply with an international convention on child abductions is illegal. The court ruled in favor of the father in a dispute ...
Number of reported child abductions down 'drastically' a year after Hague Convention
The Foreign Ministry says it has received 110 requests from parents seeking the return of a child or visitation access, nearly a year after the convention took effect in Japan.
Osaka court orders that child be returned to Japanese father in Sri Lanka
A 4-year-old who was taken to Japan by its mother must be returned to the father in Sri Lanka, in accordance with the Hague convention on child abduction.
U.K. orders child back to Japan under Hague Convention
A court in the United Kingdom has ordered that a Japanese child living with its mother in Britain be returned to Japan under The Hague Convention on cross-border parental child abduction, which took effect in Japan in April.
