Fishaw said his wife accused him of domestic violence in court, but later “withdrawn” the accusation, and the Japanese judicial system now “has nothing to blame,” he said.
“I have tried everything, I tried to persuade my wife that it is not good for the children,” he added. “Now I don’t even know if they are still alive.”
In Japan, joint custody of children under divorce or separation is not legal in Japan. In Japan, parental kidnapping is common and local authorities often tolerate it.
There are no official figures, but human rights organizations estimate that approximately 150,000 minors in the East Asian Islands are forced to be separated from their parents every year.
Among them are some children of the two countries, such as Fischau’s children, who have run into a wall with the Japanese authorities and are now turning to French national and international institutions.
