TOKYO–The wife of Japan’s incoming prime minister Yukio Hatoyama is a lifestyle guru, a macrobiotics enthusiast, a cookbook author and a retired actress. Miyuki Hatoyama also says she was abducted by ...

FILE PHOTO: Woman takes photo of illuminated ice sculpture at Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo, northern Japan BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two European fathers who live in Japan will urge EU lawmakers this ...

TORONTO — The Japanese government insists it has been complying with international child-abduction rules despite criticism to the contrary from Canadian parents who have been unable to gain access to ...

Tokyo, Nov. 15 (Jiji Press)--With Saturday marking 48 years since the abduction of a 13-year-old Japanese girl by North Korea, time appears to be running out for Japan to resolve the abduction issue.

Every year in Japan, thousands of fathers fall victim to parental child abduction. It very often follows the same pattern: the Japanese mother leaves suddenly with the child and then forbids the ...