Signing Hague treaty no cure-all for parental abduction scourge
'Best interests of the bureaucracy' standard applies in Japan
By COLIN P. A. JONES
日本で暮らしていた家族ーー日本国籍のアメリカ出身のお父さんがアメリカで愛人をつくり、家族は取り残され、お父さんが消えた。
お母さんは、お父さんを追いかけ子供とアメリカへいくと、翌日、離縁状を突きつけられる。
離婚後翌月、お父さんは愛人と結婚。
お母さんは、子供と日本に帰国。
お父さんはお母さんを羽交い締めして、子供を拉致。
ハーグ推進活動は活動でいいとして、しっかりとした、正しい情報を提供してもらいたいものだ。
こうした事例をハーグ推進に使おうとする同志社の教授・・・・○○ちゃうか？
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
Foreign parents face travel curbs?
By COLIN P. A. JONES
In addition to supposedly being a kidnapper, Mr. Savoie has been pilloried in the Japanese media for allegedly having two nationalities, for "tricking" his ex-wife to the United States so he could divorce her and, laughably, even for being a bigamist.
日本のメディアでは、サボイ氏は、誘拐容疑だけでなく、重国籍の容疑もあり、また、離婚するために元妻を「だまして」アメリカへこさせ、おかしなことに、重婚者でもある、ともされている。
日本の新聞は本件に関して、情けないほど報道しておらず、だまして、というのは英語圏で、説得して、として、報道されただけで、重国籍はCNN経由、重婚云々が日本の報道が問題視した記事は読んだことがない・・・・○○ちゃうか？
こうして一次資料をチェックしない二次資料が、英語圏で孫引きされ、英語圏で誤情報がひろまっていくわけだろう。
Colin Jones in Japan Times: What the media attention from Savoie Child Abduction Case highlights
Posted by debito on October 21st, 2009
同志社の教授にせよ、おっさんにせよ、日本語がまったく読めないわけではなからろうが、日本語新聞にあまり目をとおさないのだろう。
帰国後のインタビューである。
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Exclusive: Christopher Savoie Talks About Japan Ordeal
Posted: Oct 20, 2009 12:29 PM JST
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- In a NewsChannel 5 Investigates exclusive, Christopher Savoie spoke out about the ordeal that landed him in a Japanese jail.
The Williamson County father was back home after a failed effort to reclaim the son and daughter who were abducted from him.
That drama began in Franklin, Tenn., and played out half a world away in Fukuoka, Japan.
Monday, Savoie sat down with NewsChannel 5's chief investigative reporter Phil Williams.
"I'm glad to be home," Savoie told Williams. "I'm very glad to be home."
Savoie said the ordeal of more than two weeks in a Japanese jail was bad enough, but coming home without his children -- now-9-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca -- was excruciating.
"There are no words for it, you know. There just aren't any words for it."
His ex-wife, Noriko, had abducted the children to Japan in August, so Tennessee courts gave Savoie full custody. Japan doesn't honor foreign custody agreements, so Savoie took matters into his own hands.
The Tennessee man made international news when he picked up his kids as they walked to school in Japan with their mother.
"It wasn't a violent act?" Williams asked.
"Oh, no," Savoie answered. "Hugging your kids and putting them in a car, I hardly think that is a violent act."
"You didn't hit your ex-wife or push her?"
"Absolutely not," Savoie answered.
暴力はなかったのか、なかった、妻を殴らなかったか、殴らなかった・・・
（でも、友達といっしょに優しく羽交い締めした、とか？
それとも、付き添いの母親が、「クリス、久しぶり、えっ？子供を領事館に連れて行くの？オーケー、See you」とでも言ったのか？）
Finally reunited with the children he thought he'd lost forever, Savoie raced to the nearby U.S. Consulate.
"Did the U.S. Consulate know that you were coming?" Williams asked.
"They knew, yeah, they knew," the Franklin father replied. "They knew we were on our way. We called them ahead of time, yes."
Savoie's ex-wife had alerted local police, who were waiting outside the consulate.
With Rebecca in his arms and Isaac trailing behind, Savoie said he tried to race past a police barricade to get the children to U.S. soil.
"I did run with my daughter in my arms to the consulate door because there was a whole riot gear of police running after me with shields and batons," he added.
"With riot gear?" Williams wanted to know.
"Oh yeah, oh yeah."
"This really is like a scene from a movie," Williams noted.
"It felt like a movie actually," Savoie said. "It was very unreal for me."
At the consulate, Savoie said, one consular officer actually reached for his daughter and tried to let them in. For some unknown reason, Savoie said the gates never opened.
領事館は彼（ら）が来ることを知っており、１人は娘を領事館に入れようとしたまでした、という・・・・オイオイ。
Japanese police arrested Savoie, and for 17 days authorities held him in a jail and repeatedly interrogated him while they decided whether or not to indict him on kidnapping charges.
"Everything that you're not supposed to do to a defendant, especially pre-indictment, they did and a whole lot more," Savoie said.
"And you're arguing these are my kids, I've got the right to my kids," Williams asked.
"Absolutely, and they didn't disagree with me on that. They just said I'm not allowed to see them."
Then, suddenly last week, prosecutors let Savoie go free -- with the stipulation that he leave the country and his kids.
"Basically, I'm not allowed to see them. I'm not even allowed to call them. I'm not even allowed to send them birthday presents," Savoie said.
While Japanese authorities said he can pursue custody of his children through Japanese courts, Savoie knows the odds are against him.
"Do you hope that Isaac and Rebecca look back upon this and say that their Dad tried?" Williams asked.
"I certainly hope so," Savoie said.
"They're going to find out who their Dad is, what he's all about and that he loves them. If loving my kids so much that I really want to be with them is a crime, then I'm guilty. I'm guilty of loving my kids.
役者やのおおお。
話し合いになるといわれているのに、電話もできないし、誕生プレゼントもあげらないって、どういうことかね？
裁判で負ける可能性が強いとやっぱこうなるんですかねえええ？
元軍人を使って拉致しちゃう人がいるくらいですからねえ。
今回の事件、一部アメリカ報道と一部アメリカ人の極めてナショナリステックでエゴイスティックな側面を浮き彫りにしたともいえる。
もちろん、そんな場合でも公正なアメリカ人もいたことも強調しておく。
今回の事件、国際結婚している人々、する人々にいろいろ考えさせるものを提供している。
そして、英語圏で、正しい情報を提供しないこと、犯罪を犯罪でないと言いふらすような
言動が、こうした不法な行為、的外れな活動や報道の大きな要因になっているのではないであろうか？
関連投稿
Christopher Savoie: vs Noriko
（日本人記者にはお勧め、海外での報道で、明らかになっている部分をまとめています。・・・英語ですが・・・）
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裏をとって、ジャーナリストさん
メディアさん、おもしろうなネタだよ！！
米政府 日本人拉致未遂事件関与か？
誘拐合戦
更新 CＮＮ Kyung Lah の迷走記事。
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これハーグ？
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