On Oct 19, 2:52 pm, chuckers <chucker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 19, 2:02 pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > As received.  Any errors of language are the original author's:
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> > > Subject: Official visit to new Minister of Justice
> > > Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:17:59 +0900
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> > > Eight Ambassadors, representing all of G7 nations (except Germany),
> > > +NZ, Australia and Spain have made a joint courtesy call to the new
> > > Minister of Justice, Ms. Keiko Chiba, on Friday 16th October 2009, to
> > > send a strong message with this joint call, and to get the Minister's
> > > utmost attention on the desire by its most closest allies to get
> > > Japan signing The Hague.
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> > > From a European source, I heard that the new US Ambassador told of a
> > > great and deep concern for the situation that could affect bilateral
> > > ties and emphasized this would be on the agenda of President Obama
> > > when visiting, whilst the UK Ambassador insisted on Japan obligations
> > > toward the New York convention on Children Rights that he signed.
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> > > The news is on AFP. Kyodo, etc.
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> > > Though the new Prime Minister of Justice appears to be willing to
> > > move forthwith on the Hague ratification, she emphasized the need for
> > > a large consensus among the Japanese new cabinet and need to explain
> > > to the Japanese public the benefits for Japan to sign the Hague,
> > > rather than only outlining international pressure..
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> > >  Thierry Consigny
> > > Elected Representative at the French Assembly for French Living in North
> > > Asia
> > > (in residence in Japan)
> > > Tokyo +090 4679 0709
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> > Also:
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> >http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20091019TDY01301.htm
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> >http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_US_CUSTODY_BATTLE_ASO...
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> >http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/10/15/am.amy.savoie.dad.f...
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> > --
> > CL
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> If/when Japan does sign the treaty, how much wailing/gnashing of teeth/
> rending of garments
> do you suppose there will be when Savoie STILL can't get access to
> children he helped spawn
> because none of this will be grandfathered?
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> Of course, by then, the children will probably be close to adulthood
> and can make up their own
> minds whether or not to see him.  Most likely not but what do I know.

I doubt there will be any ratification prior to domestic reform of
current family law.