In some cases, Japanese courts are legally obligated to follow foreign divorce and custody laws. We know of cases where the court agreed to follow foreign laws, but then very blatantly disregarded them to protect the Japanese parent, i.e. they discriminated against the foreign parent. (We are trying to obtain documents for these cases, but some are still in progress.)

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