Path: news.ccsf.jp!tomockey.ddo.jp!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!h40g2000prf.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: More Savoie Case Fallout Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:38:48 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 63 Message-ID: <40fa5f75-5449-43de-95f1-665ebaa7c917@h40g2000prf.googlegroups.com> References: <2c16cf2e-91b8-43d3-9aef-d3c0af47cc45@h14g2000pri.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 122.27.125.217 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1255941528 17200 127.0.0.1 (19 Oct 2009 08:38:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:38:48 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: h40g2000prf.googlegroups.com; posting-host=122.27.125.217; posting-account=dFdNnAoAAACo_-792nICp6wBtnsk5ZbZ User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Xref: news.ccsf.jp fj.life.in-japan:168649 On Oct 19, 2:52=A0pm, chuckers wrote: > On Oct 19, 2:02 pm, CL wrote: > > > > > > > As received. =A0Any errors of language are the original author's: > > > > Subject: Official visit to new Minister of Justice > > > Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:17:59 +0900 > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > The news is on AFP. Kyodo, etc. > > > > 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.. > > > > =A0Thierry Consigny > > > Elected Representative at the French Assembly for French Living in No= rth > > > Asia > > > (in residence in Japan) > > > Tokyo +090 4679 0709 > > > Also: > > >http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20091019TDY01301.htm > > >http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_US_CUSTODY_BATTLE_ASO... > > >http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/10/15/am.amy.savoie.dad.f... > > > -- > > CL > > 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? > > 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. =A0Most likely not but what do I know. I doubt there will be any ratification prior to domestic reform of current family law.