On May 5th, 2010, the National Holiday of Children's Day in Japan, the US House of Representatives will introduce a US House Resolution to condemn the abduction and retention of children being held in Japan. A press conference will be held on Capitol Hill to introduce the resolution. Speakers will include Congressman James Moran (D-VA), Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), and victim parents Christopher Savoie, Commander Paul Toland and Doug Berg.
![]() Voice of America covers BAC Home and our protest efforts in front of the Japanese Embassy. Christopher Savoie and Ken Connelly are interviewed for this story by VOA's MacKenzie Babb. ![]() Washington, District of Columbia U.S. Senator Jim M. Inhofe (R-OK), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, submitted a written statement for the hearing on US-Japan relations about two subjects of concern: Japan’s hesitation on relocating the U.S. Marine’s Futenma Air Station and the ever increasing abduction of children to Japan. Senator Inhofe submits a written statement on Japanese child abductions at a Senate hearing on US-Japan relations.
![]() By Ken Connelly As many of you know, my heart and soul lay in the intertwined fabric of Parental Child Abduction. Due to the lack of hours in a day, I am not one to throw myself like the wind to every group in parental child abduction. This past week, I was honored to participate with a number of left-behind parents in Washington D.C. This particular group struck a very deep and real emotion in me, one I have often ignored or have not allowed myself to feel. Douglass Berg speaks in front of the Ambassador's residence the night of the D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival, April 10, 2010.
![]() The Japanese festival of cherry blossom viewing is celebrated in Washington, DC every year. Cherry blossoms were donated by Japan 98 years ago to promote goodwill. Today, Japan considers itself a close ally of the US. However, there is a dark side to Japan that most Americans are unaware of. For the past 58 years, Japan has continued to perpetrate human rights abuses against American children, our most vulnerable citizens. |
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