Surprisingly, the Japanese mass media does not report on these types of damages, but instead exaggerates the concerns about the joint custody system and reports in a way that stirs up anxiety.

I had no idea this was a thing that happened in japan....

Such a tough show to watch. On the one hand, the standing law prevents victims of abuse from having forced contact with their abusers… on the other, I feel so sorry for those parents who have had a falling out with their partner, only for their partner to take the children in spite. If you are an abuser, you SHOULDNT be able to see your kids. You lost that right when you put your hands on your partner… but for everyone else, the CHILD has a right to love and be loved by both parents

Al Jazeera English, Wow, this made my day brighter! Thank you!

In Japan, the sales activities of divorce lawyers have led to a mass production of child abductions and parent-child separations. Divorce lawyers get paid to make them successful.

what really worries me is the photos of the children cursing at her mother, the father is a sick person and those photos are enough evidence

NEVER have children in a nation that has laws like this.

This country should not be on the G7, for this very reason.

Fascinating.reporting. Amazing country and people. Terrible law

There are at least two points which should (and were not) made here about the children making obscene gestures at their mother in photos. One, as others in the comments are observing, is that this is solid evidence that the father of these children who took the photos AND sent them or allowed them to be sent to her is an UNFIT parent. But the definition of this has to be updated to contemporary understanding. Given that children will bond with their caregiver and adult parent figures no matter how horrible they are, the definition of an "unfit" parent is a person that has ceased to be a healthy psychological parent to the children; and continued bonding with them is verifiably deleterious to their mental health. So, this father should be relieved of these children immediately! SECOND point to be made, closely related, is to reiterate that an unfit parent is one with whom further bonding / attachment endangers them. It endangers their mental health, and has already permanently damaged their emotional capacity. This is EASILY demonstrated by the vast psychological literature on this topic, and ONLY JAPAN has a family "law" system that is so extremely overloaded with denial of the basic necessary understandings of children which have been in existence for as long as children have been studied. Ignorance of psychological realities is not the issue in Japanese society in general; but it is obviously an ENORMOUS gaping hole if we're talking about the judges. The refusal to acknowledge fundamental psychological realities and make them the foundation of a system of child care, child rights, and child well being is the primary grounding that has to be changed. First recognition must be given that children are persons in development; and that fact must be the foundation of remaking the legal order with the aim of making children's well-being the fundamental interest under consideration. A parent who cannot subordinate his or her selfish, mean-spirited worst tendencies to the interests of children should NOT be a parent. This mother deserves her children, of course. MORE IMPORTANTLY, because they are the vulnerable party, the children deserve their mother.

日本の裁判所のしてくる親子引き離しDV運用はハンパないです。

My ex will not even let me see recent pictures of my boys. It is not fair to them and she could care less. There needs to be legal punishment for these “cold parents”. 😞

難しい問題ですね。

The system would benefit GREATLY if Tanamura would admit publicly in each of the interviews he has done that he was an ENEMY of the children of left behind parents until he changed his mind and decided to support the primacy of children's psychological well-being. I would tell him this to his face if I could. He OPPOSED the rights of children to both parents and supported the insanity of the Japanese family law's systemic child abuse until some time after 2010 or 2011, when something (I don't know what!?) caused him to switch sides. The claims here that he makes... "consider the child's opinion" is a cop-out. What he knows perfectly well is that it is not a question of finding out the child's "opinion". They are children!! It is a question of determining and protecting the children's material legal rights! If you cannot make an honest and concrete fact the foundation, then you will founder forever! His understanding of what the reality is from "both perspectives" and open admission of this so that others could follow would be an act of courage. But he won't take it. He is Japanese. Too concerned about looking perfect and all good on the outside to become a Mandela, or a ML King, on behalf of children.

Madness, only after immigrants with the help of international pressure are they now trying make small changes.

Self happiness is TRUE😮❤

United States concluded bilateral mou with Taiwan regarding consular function /international parental child abduction. Japan not conclude bilateral mou with Taiwan regarding consular function /international parental child abduction. This is flagrant disregard of Japan's treaty obligation of un convention on the rights of the child (article 11) UN crc article11 1. States Parties shall take measures to combat the illicit transfer and non-return of children abroad. 2. To this end, States Parties shall promote the conclusion of bilateral or multilateral agreements or accession to existing agreements

....and they wonder why the low birthrate!

Problem with Japan is accepting flaws and accepting the need to change or improve.. It’s not easy being perfect

Finally addressing the s-o++ topic!!!!!!!!!

Why do you only talk to parents? WHY don't you talk to sociologists and psychologists who understand this problem and can diagnose it? You recognize, right, that the son/ victim Anthony says he welcomes the change to the law because he DESPARATELY needs to believe in it, even though it is a superficial, fictional change. It doesn't give him what the Japanese State took from him by allowing his mother to make use of Japan as a safe haven for child abduction. The law is a blunt instrument. It can't create family bonds. It can just destroy them.

when the law is above the law you go to the outlaws to get justice.

For such a small country, how can parents hide with abducted children?

Thought this was just an American thing , since divorce is very one sided in the US.

Summary 第二一三回　213th session of national congress 閣第四七号 Bill No.47 submitted by cabinet 民法等の一部を改正する法律案 Bill for partial amendment of Civil Code （審判による父母以外の親族と子との交流の定め） (Providing for exchange between the child and relatives other than the parents by a judge) 　第七百六十六条の二　家庭裁判所は、前条第二項又は第三項の場合において、子の利益のため特に必要があると認めるときは、同条第一項に規定する子の監護について必要な事項として父母以外の親族と子との交流を実施する旨を定めることができる。 Article 766-2 In the case of paragraph (2) or (3) of the preceding Article, the family court may, when it finds it particularly necessary for the interest of the child, provide for the implementation of exchanges between the child and relatives other than the parents as necessary matters for the custody of the child as prescribed in paragraph (1) of the same Article. 　２　前項の定めについての前条第二項又は第三項の規定による審判の請求は、次に掲げる者（第二号に掲げる者にあっては、その者と子との交流についての定めをするため他に適当な方法がないときに限る。）がすることができる。 A request for a trial under paragraph (2) or (3) of the preceding Article with respect to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be filed by any of the following persons (in the case of a person listed in item (ii), limited to cases where there is no other appropriate method to make a stipulation on the interaction between such person and the child) 　　一　父母　father and mother 　　二　父母以外の子の親族（子の直系尊属及び兄弟姉妹以外の者にあっては、過去に当該子を監護していた者に限る。） (ii) A relative of the child other than the child's parents(In the case of a person other than the child's lineal descendants and siblings, limited to those who had custody of said child in the past)

Al Jazeera! Please, make a documentary about the Peshawar School Massacre in Pakistan in December 2014.

how do u penalize brainwashing

Oda Tokugawa hisdyishi !!!!!!

What does this have to do with Gaza?

On the other hand, if a parent (who tend to be a husband) was abusive and his wife had to run away from him with her children, the law forces her to relate with him, even he is beyond reasonable. He would do anything to harrase her just to feel powerful. This law was made for men.