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33 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. 477 (2017-2018)
Japan's Failure to Protect Japanese-American Children from International Parental Kidnapping in Violation of the Hague Convention on Child Abduction

handle is hein.journals/amuilr33 and id is 497 raw text is: COMMENT JAPAN'S FAILURE TO PROTECT JAPANESE- AMERICAN CHILDREN FROM INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL KIDNAPPING IN VIOLATION OF THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON CHILD ABDUCTION TARJA CAJUDO I. INTRODUCTION ........................ ......478 II. BACKGROUND .......................... ..... 481 A. JAPANESE FAMILY REGISTRY SYSTEM, STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT, AND CONSTITUTION....... .........481 B. JAPANESE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CODES .....................485 i. Marriage .................................485 ii. Ward Office Divorce ................... .....486 iii. Divorce through Conciliation..........................486 iv. Divorce Through Family Court and District Court ........487 v. Custody ................................. 488 vi. Criminal Parental Abduction ...................490 C. THE HAGUE CONVENTION AND IMPLEMENTATION ACT .......491 III. ANALYSIS .............................. .....493 A. THE FAMILY REGISTER ACT ARTICLE 76 AND APPLICATION OF THE CONCILIATION SYSTEM VIOLATE THE * Juris Doctor Candidate, 2018, American University Washington College of Law; Master of Laws, 2011, International Law with International Relations, University of Kent, Brussels School of International Studies. The author is grateful to Colin Jones, Finbarr McCarthy, Paul Toland, and Macarena Sdez for their insight and guidance. Special thanks to the Editorial Board and staff of American University International Law Review Volumes 32 and 33 for all their hard work. 477

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