Christian Kessler provided the editing, notes and preface to “J'ais un kamikaze”, by Ryuji Nagatsuka (Perrin, “Tempus”, 2021, 320 p., € 9).
The case caused some noise in Japan: Vincent Fichot, who lives in the Archipelago, has just learned that his divorce will be pronounced shortly and that he will probably have lost all chance of seeing his children, Tsubasa and Kaede again. , that their Japanese mother has kept away from him since 2018.
He will however have used all legal remedies, and even a hunger strike during the Olympics.
But the country remains firm on its sometimes grotesque rules, and continues to rely on its splendid isolation.
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The stolen children of Japan
The Japanese civil code does not recognize joint parental authority, or even visitation rights, in the event of separation or divorce.
In Japan, in this case, it is normal for the spouses to return to their respective families.
The children are then the responsibility of one of the two, that of the woman in more than 80% of cases.
Parental authority
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