Videos in English
ABC News/Youtube:
Japan's custody laws criticised for incentivising child abduction - 2023 July 23rd
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ)/Youtube:
Omura, Anonymous Plaintiff A and Henderson: Parental Abduction - class-action lawsuit - 2020 February 26th
EU Parliament - Petitions Committee:
Petitions against child abduction to/in Japan - 2020 February 19th
Deutsche Welle:
Parental Abduction - A Father Fights for his Rights - 2019 September 1st
Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ)/Youtube:
Ueno, Odagiri, Perina and Fichot: Japan's Child Abduction Issue - 2018 December 20th
United Nations/Youtube:
Shun Fujiki - 39th UN Human Rights Council "Domestic Child Abduction in Japan" - 2018 September 18th
Youtube:
Aiko Hassett - Abduction - Testimony of an abducted child - 2015 April 27th
Youtube:
Glen Gebhard - Victims of another war - The Aftermath of Parental Alienation - 2015 April 27th
Articles in English
The Age:
Australia escalates diplomatic campaign against Japanese child abductions - 2023 August 5th
ABC News:
Japan's sole custody laws have been criticised for incentivising child abduction, but the system may be about to change - 2023 July 20th
Helsingin Sanomat:
Disappering Children - 2022 January 5th
The Age:
‘Emotions are running high’: Japan and Australia face off over child abductions - 2021 December 14th
and the revealing response in Australian Media by the Japanese Ambassador denying the abductions
The Sydney Morning Herald:
Japan’s Ambassador to Australia defends child custody laws - 2021 December 17th
The Sydney Morning Herald:
Their children were taken. Now they fight Japanese laws to get them back - 2021 August 14th
The Sydney Morning Herald:
The 'heartbreaking' international child abductions tearing families apart - 2020 February 21st
The New Zealand Herald:
Australian dad Scott McIntyre's 45 days of hell in Japan's most notorious detention centres - 2020 January 18th
Reuters:
Australian man freed in Japan after trespassing to find his children - 2020 January 15th
The Guardian:
Former SBS reporter Scott McIntyre arrested in Japan, reportedly over search for his children - 2019 December 19th
Reuters:
Japan rules against divorced parents seeking access to children - 2019 November 22nd
The Orange County Register:
A decade later, Santa Ana dad still fights for his son's return from Japan - 2019 August 29th
Washington Post:
Parental Child Abduction becomes a diplomatic embarrassment for Japan ahead of G-7 - 2019 August 22nd
Asia Times:
Tragedy of children abducted from dads and taken to Japan - 2019 January 16th
CBC:
Canadian fights to see son in Japan, where legal system leaves many parents behind - 2018 December 27th
The Epoch Time:
Bring our children home: US urged to use legal powers to return abductees - 2018 December 12th
Yahoo News:
Foreign parents fight in vain for custody in Japan - 2018 October 23rd
Japan Times:
Protect Children in Custody Battles - 2018 October 6th
U.S. cites Japan for noncompliance with Hague treaty on cross-border parental child abductions - 2018 May 18th
Japan’s Supreme Court hands down a road map for parental child abductions - 2017 December 31st
Three years after Japan signed Hague, parents who abduct still win - 2017 May 1st
Two years after Japan signed Hague, children have been returned but old issues remain - 2016 April 16th
The Japan News by Yomiuri Shimbun:
Better Child Custody Enforcement Urged - 2018 October 5th
Nikkei News:
Parental Child Abduction Places Japan on Blacklist - 2018 September 1st
United Nations:
United Nations General Assembly - Human Rights Council - Current Situation of Child Abduction in Japan - 2018 August 31st
South China Morning Post:
Is Japan a haven for parents who kidnap their own children? - 2018 July 15th
Bolan Times International:
Parental Child Abductions are becoming a serious human rights violation in Japan? - 2018 June 29th
Asahi Shimbun:
Custody Rulings to be easier to enforce under advised changes - 2018 April 27th
VOA News:
International Child Abduction Draw Outcry on Capital Hill - 2018 April 24th
USA Today:
Lawmaker: U.S. needs to pressure Japan to comply with international child abduction laws - 2018 April 11th
Shingetsu News Agency:
Japan Failing to Meet Commitments Regarding Parental Abduction - 2018 April 2nd
Washington Post:
Japan signed abduction treaty but for ‘left-behind’ parents that doesn’t mean much - 2017 July 16th
Videos in German
T-Online:
Seine Kinder wurden entführt - Der Fall wird zum Justizskandal - 2021 September 12th
Deutsche Welle:
Entführt nach Japan: Vater kämpft um Kinder - 2019 August 31st
ARD - Report München:
Entführt von der eigenen Mutter - Wie ein verzweifelter Vater seine Kinder in Japan sucht - 2019 August 6th
ARD - Brisant:
Kindesentziehung - Japan missachtet Abkommen - 2019 August 6th
Deutsche Welle:
Kindesentziehung - Japan missachtet Abkommen - 2019 July 17th
Sat. 1:
Unfassbar: Kindesentführung mit Ansage - 2019 July 3rd
SWR/Youtube:
SWR Nachcafé - Liebe auf dem Prüfstand, Child Abduction to Japan - 2018 November 9th
ZDF/Youtube:
37° - Nicht ohne meine Kinder - 2018 October 9th
ARD/Youtube:
Warum internationale Abkommen über Kindesentzug nicht funktionieren - 2017 May 10th
Articles in German
Süddeutsche Zeitung:
Vater ohne Kinder - 2020 October 1st
Neues Deutschland:
Kinderrecht vertrödelt - 2020 July 13th
Augsburger Allgemeine:
Björn Echternach will seine entführten Söhne zurück - 2020 June 11th
Die Rheinpfalz:
Kindesentführung: Wo sind Karl und Johann? - 2020 June 8th
Spiegel:
Herr Echternach gibt nicht auf - 2020 June 1st
Bayerisches Fernsehen:
Entführt von der eigenen Mutter - Wie ein verzweifelter Vater seine Kinder in Japan sucht - 2019 August 6th
Deutsche Welle:
Kampf um nach Japan entführte Kinder - 2019 July 26th
Neue Züricher Zeitung (NZZ):
Warum es bei Ehen mit einer japanischen Partnerin immer wieder zu Entführungen von Kindern nach Japan kommt - 2019 July 7th
Frankfurter Rundschau:
Entführungen in Japan: Das Kind ist einfach weg - 2019 June 17th
Berliner Zeitung:
Kein Lebenszeichen: Wie ein Berliner Vater um seine entführten Söhne kämpft - 2019 June 17th
Die Rheinpfalz:
Jährlich 150.000 Kindesentführungen nach Japan - 2019 June 2nd
Augsburger Allgemeine:
Wie ein Nördlinger um seine zwei entführten Kinder kämpft - 2019 June 1st
Sueddeutsche Zeitung:
Wenig Mitleid für verlassene Väter - 2018 November 26th
Tages-Anzeiger:
Meine Exfrau sabotiert jeden Kontaktversuch zur Tochter - 2018 November 9th
Spiegel:
Kampf um Sorgerecht in Japan - Herr Echternach vermisst seine Kinder - 2018 Februar 3rd
Videos in French
France 2/Youtube:
Enlèvement parental : leur enfant a été kidnappé au Japon - Ça commence aujourd'hui - 2019 September 13th
France 2/Youtube:
Envoyé Spécial - Japon, les enfant kidnappès (English subtitles) - 2019 March 21th
Hearing in the French Senate/Asahi TV:
5 years since accession "The Hague treaty" gathering accusations from the international community - 2019 March 8th
French Senate/Youtube:
Table ronde Enfants Franco-Japonais au centre d’un conflit parental Où en est-on cinq ans après la ratification de la convention de La Haye? - 2019 March 11th
Articles in French
Le Monde:
Au Japon, le drame des parents privés de leurs enfants après une séparation - 2020 January 17th
Le Parisien:
Enlèvements internationaux d’enfants: 150.000 cas au Japon chaque année - 2019 August 17th
La Croix:
Le drame des enfants enlevés au Japon porté à l’ONU - 2019 August 13th
Le Figaro:
Enlèvements d'enfants au Japon lors de séparations : requête auprès de l'ONU - 2019 August 12th
JapanFM:
La détresse des parents privés de leurs enfants enlevés au Japon - 2019 March 14th
JapanFM:
Enlèvements d'enfants au Japon lors de séparations : requête auprès de l'ONU - 2019 14th
JapanFM:
La détresse des parents privés de leurs enfants enlevés au Japon - 2019 March 14th
LePetitJournal:
Enfants confisqués au August Japon: Le calvaire des parents francais - 2019 March 10th
LesInrocks:
Au Japon, de nombreux parents kidnappent leurs enfants en toute impunité - 2019 January 2nd
Le Télégramme:
Japon: Le combat de Francais pour retrouver leur enfant enlevé - 2018 December 13th
La Croix:
Enlèvements d'enfants par un parent japonais: la justice entravée - 2018 October 23rd
La Libération:
Japon: enfants confisqués, parents abandonnés - 2018 January 29th
Articles in Italian
Sky TG24/Youtube:
Children abducted in Japan, still nothing changes (Italian with English subtitles) - 2018 October 7th
Le Iene:
In Giappone 'rapire' i nostri figli non è reato - 2018 July 26th
La Stampa:
La battaglia di 7 papà: “In Giappone cancellati i nostri diritti sui figli” - 2017 December 24th
Linkiesta:
Giappone: separazioni e bambini contesi, il caso di Gianluca Sarais - 2018 January 28th