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a wife abducted their 2 sons. but 3 hours later nothing's happened we haven't filled out any forms or reports. they just gathered information and called their boss to ask what to do. visit i saw. this was once home but no longer. your own economic has since moved to berlin. the family lived here. and now the house holds nothing but memories. his wife went back to japan taking their children with her. john has just returned from tokyo he's been there several times before but still hasn't managed to find

his children the syndicate sink in these other presents i took with me to japan but it can end up on the table if i bring them every time so the packaging is a bit worse for wear to me every time i hope i'll be able to give them to car and johan. but i haven't found my children on and on ticking doesn't often stalls and. 2 years ago his marriage collapsed his wife vanished with their 2 children beyond has had no contact with his sons ever since to say the skin that some insist harlan johan's bedroom on and of course it's where they used to play. here most of their things are still here close and that's all it is i haven't been able to bring myself to clean out the rooms. yun has legal custody of his children he won 4 court cases and in germany and japan but you pan has done nothing to

enforce them. his wife has broken off all contact and refuses to turn over custody . there used to be pictures on this wall of the children playing she tore them all down. but it's when the police saw that they said it was pretty clear. when someone takes personal items like pictures with them they know it's not likely to be just a quick trip somewhere. this. one week earlier the urine was and would tsunami in japan about a 90 minute drive north of tokyo. is sitting in a smoky hotel lobby. girding himself for what he knows will be an emotional ordeal the gifts he's brought along still look new he hopes will soon be able to

see is abducted children it's a fate that he shares with many other fathers around the world. in other countries the police will pursue the case but in japan the authorities are uncooperative. in japan you have to go there with a court bailiff. to keep the children have to go with you willingly to sit tight and the parent who has ducted the children has to agree and in the 5 years since japan ratified the hague convention that hasn't happened and it's not even once and that 6 months from to get. and johan are meanwhile 4 and 6 years old. the legal situation is clear under the hague convention japan must repatriate children within 6 weeks of the filing of the petition for their return. japan ratified the convention. it went into force 5 years ago but your pan hasn't

been complying with it. shuji sushi of the ministry of foreign affairs says they have good reason. must. it instead our goal is to have the parent with whom the child is living and comply with the court ruling voluntarily. this is also a matter of the child's welfare whether it was voluntary compliance that's little bit wishful thinking could hardly be blamed for feeling angry. this was a scream and anger would get me nowhere so i feel helpless helpless because of my children or even mine to condone. his children have vanished and journal has no idea if they're well or happy. brought rains of documents with him including the verdict granting him sole custody. a direct enforcement of compulsory return of the children is supposed to take place the following day. has

a meeting with the bailiff and his lawyer were not permitted to accompany him. he returns 2 and a half hours later. my 90 my impression was that the main topic today was japan's image not returning my children to me or maybe improving this process so that children can be returned more quickly that's. the main topic was japan's image abroad and. cultural norms are also a factor japan often lags behind when it comes to enforcing global legal agreements . we go to a press conference being held by fathers from italy in france their children were also abducted and brought to japan and they've also hit a brick wall. in japan fear of conflict is more powerful than the law says lawyer appear oh no. it will in japan we say the law doesn't have anything to do with families or when it comes to marital disputes even the dog won't eat it you know

people don't care about anyone else's marital problems so they don't care about what happens to the children. in this japan as a black hole when it comes to child abductions says tomato purina of italy his japanese wife abducted his son and daughter in late 2016 since then he's only seen his children for a total of 5 hours in a locked room at a lawyers office. and that was years ago he has legal custody but the authorities are stonewalling for me not being able to see them see saw. 2017 is every day's a nightmare. and of course you see you improve you know you learn how to deal with the stain but it's not because i had to use a person i'm better. the following day we were at a new hotel it's closer to where the children are supposedly living but here in

afton i will spend the night here. a lawyer and translator from tokyo are also here he hopes will soon have his children but he's worried. and demanding more to some of them if the mother isn't there with the children and just won't work on some site and or say the children are there without the parent who abducted them and filmed it on tide she has to be there for this to go forward on and on and there's always the risk that she'll have gone underground with the children somewhere in japan. and the next day we order a taxi that's another half hour to our destination. it's 7 in the morning the plan is that the children will be handed over just down the street the authorities don't want reporters there. we arranged to hold a skype call with biarne after the direction foresman it's bad news his wife and

children aren't there. on one it's not only her father was there i didn't even see her sister another woman i've never seen before was there used by couldn't even set foot on the property i spent almost 2 hours at the fans watching them debate the situation. do you know where your children are. nothing really except that her family admitted that she keeps moving and going underground here in japan. we also contacted the children's mother and asked for a statement she didn't reply. another direct enforcement is scheduled for later that day at the court meeting it's all talk and no action. is asked if he could visit japan more often and frustration he calls the german embassy. i told them i have to work i have to pay for all this this situation is just crazy. the embassy

advises him to file a missing persons report after all his children have now been abducted for a 2nd time this time in japan. we decided to pay a visit to the house no one's there. father in law's wealthy so is he financing his daughter's undercover life and that of his abducted grandchildren a neighbor says he's never seen the children. and i know we don't know the family very well have you ever heard the children with. yes but that was a long time ago maybe the end of last year but little. later that day the 2nd directing foresman gets underway everyone knows the children are there but appearances must be maintained the young sister in law makes a brief appearance she says she has to leave for a moment but she'll be back in 2 hours no one asks or where she's going to be

will have to pay the bailiff then we're told nothing will happen as long as we're filming we leave. again it comes to nothing said in nearby playground he's deeply worried about his children. i'm just terribly sad so disappointed at what happened. so i could cry. crying in japan is a sign of weakness it's humiliating i have the law on my side but i have to keep apologizing to everyone or else they'll just drop the matter. he returns to tokyo. the next day byrne does what he's been doing for years. he's become an activist on behalf of him self and other victims of child abduction so he informs the german embassy and the european union delegation and discusses how to proceed.

here knows most every documented case in japan later that evening he meets with other fathers to masa purina is here and so is another father from germany who prefers to remain off camera they all agree what needs to be done by the off mic some kind we have to raise awareness of the situation. every so often people say let's do something let's write a letter to the japanese authorities that's very important we have to keep at it keep raising the issue. but his children are still missing. the japanese police aren't making much of an effort to find them. after not will return to japan a country that has signed a treaty that it's not enforcing. as a father he has no other choice.

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