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Originally Posted by Nathan
Most people who are commenting on the article either did not read it fully, or are blissfully ignorant that American laws do not apply to the whole world.
The man obtained the court order after she already had the children with her in Japan. The man did not have a legal standing to go and attempt to retrieve them, as from Japan's legal standpoint he became the kidnapper.
The comments are pretty sad; don't marry foreigners, shame on the Consulate - it should have helped a US citizen break a foreign country's laws!
At least some of the later comments point out the flawed thinking of the earlier ones.
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Im curious if you are a father or not? Respecting another countries laws are very important and yes they should be obeyed. Try telling that to a mother who kids were taken or a fathers who kids were taken from him. If i go by what you are saying if this was you, you would abandon your children now i know you would not actually do that if these were your children If you were a parent you would understand.
Now i dont support him not using legal means to try to get his children back. But we dont know the whole story there are pieces missing and the Japanese police had every right to arrest him according to Japans laws. This is not the first case of a child being taken to Japan only to have the other parent never see them again because a foreigner has no parental rights in Japanese law. Im not sure why this particular case has come forward but i have read hundreds of cases like these its not new. I hope some help comes to the father im sure he is grieving over his children over the situation in general. I want to hear the whole story though im hoping more info acquired later.