BRUSSELS/TOKYO - The European Parliament urged Japan to comply with international rules on child protection and to allow for joint parental custody after a number of EU citizens were denied access to their children by Japanese mothers.
The EU Parliament has been lobbied by EU citizens such as Frenchman Vincent Fichot and Italian Tommaso Perina who live in Japan and are being denied access to their children. Emboldened by the growing number of foreign victims-turned-activists, more Japanese parents who have suffered similarly from the lack of joint custody have begun to speak up, lobby for change and sue the government.
Responding to the European Parliament's resolution on Thursday, Japan's foreign ministry denied that the country was not compliant with international agreements on child abductions and said it would continue to explain its actions to EU nations.
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