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Early Monday, Savoie apparently picked them up as they walked to school, according to friend and witness Shannon Higgins. But instead of heading to the nearest airport, Savoie drove straight to the nearest U.S. Consulate -- where Japanese police were waiting. "This happens to many, many parents who have had their children abducted, but it's just heartbreaking to see this unfold in front of your eyes," Higgins told NewsChannel 5 by phone from Japan. Apparently alerted by Savoie's ex-wife, Japanese police blocked the road near the consulate, Higgins said. Then, Savoie got out of the car and ran. "So there was that first barricade -- and then, once they got to the gate, the U.S. Consulate did not open the gate," he recalled.
Like a scene from a movie, Higgins said, Isaac froze in the streets as his Dad raced toward the consulate with Rebecca in his arms. "He was there -- Chris -- with a little girl in his arms crying. 'Please help, please help. We're American citizens. Please let us through.' And they simply did not open the gate They did not let us through," Higgins added. NewsChannel 5's Phil Williams spoke with Savoie briefly by phone after hours of questioning, but the call was cut off when he said police came into the room to handcuff him and lock him up. The U.S. State Department said it could not comment for privacy reasons.
Amy Savoie said she's been told her husband has been charged criminally, but she doesn't know what charges he faces. Now, she fears that, even though Noriko Savoie broke the law by abducting the children, the Japanese government may make him pay the price through the continued loss of his children and his freedom. "It's just such a shame that his love is deemed to be so threatening," she added. Efforts to reach the Japanese government were unsuccessful.
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Iraira wrote:While this shit sucks for Savoie, the only thing that will get Japan to stop this shit is if enough cases happen that generate enough press and get other country's governments calling J-land saying "Are you fuckers out of your minds?" Or, just start sending in some bounty hunters after the J-ex-wife (or husband) fugitives. Would make for some good TV.
Mulboyne wrote:Parental child abduction is not considered a crime in Japan if you're japanese
Western All Stars wrote:As of right now I can't find a single Japanese news sites reporting this (I only looked in Japanese versions). The only one I found was just the Japanese version of CNN. I look forward to reading how the Japanese press will portray the mom.
But the way the dad handled this was pretty fucking stupid. Yeah sure, big white dude grabs kids walking to school and forcing them into a car won't cause a scene. With a little more planning and some finesse he might have pulled it off, as it has been done before. But really, what does this say about both parents? I think they should both lose custody.
wuchan wrote: The best thing the family can do is keep this in the international media spotlight cause as we all know, Japan hates getting a black eye.
ketou wrote:Japanese only ever move when their shit is shown in the cold light of day.
Cyka UchuuJin wrote:the japanese press will portray the mother as 100% victim. innocent japanese girl who was seduced by the foreigner with promises of a wonderful life and happiness, who then took her to america where she was miserable and forced to live as a housewife, far away from her family. she begged and pleaded to return to japan but he refused and she had no choice but to divorce him and hope for full custody of the children. the courts unfairly did not grant her immediate and full custody, which made her life even worse, as she was now forced to take on a menial, low paying job just to survive. her father, sympathetic to her horrible plight, bought plane tickets for her and the children, so that a real court could make the correct custodial ruling.
Cyka UchuuJin wrote:not gonna happen in this case. they way japan sees it, they're completely in the right as this was a crime committed against a japanese. they will argue that divorce proceedings should have been conducted in japan since that's where they married (assuming that is the case) and therefore the mother had the right to bring them back to japan. especially as unless the mother is mentally unstable, she would be given sole custody anyway. no matter how often it's brought up that she committed the first wrong by taking them out of tennessee, the japanese will counter that he broke japanese law in japan.
as sad as it is, he should probably try to make peace with the mother so that he can go to japan once a year for supervised visits. even if they were dual citizens before, she's probably already taken the divorce papers to the courts and had their american citizenship revoked.
xenomorph42 wrote:All good points. I agree. I had a friend 7 years ago trying to attempt the same thing, but his situation was a bit more dramatic, they could have made a TV movie about it......
xenomorph42 wrote:he was greeted by FBI agents. Japan had put him on Interpol.
Mulboyne wrote:The US consulate might be thinking it dodged a bullet on this one. They would have been in the hot seat if Savoie had made it into the building with his kids before the police could react. I wonder what they would have done if he had asked for refuge and safe passage? The consulate may have been obliged to hand Savoie over if they judged he was guilty of an a offence but it would have been trickier to hand over the children to someone who has an arrest warrant outstanding in the US.
leitmotiv wrote:Extremely compelling...is this story documented in the media somewhere?
..is the absolute fucking kicker.
Mike Oxlong wrote:Why does the USA not put these Japanese parental abductor fugitives on the Interpol wanted list?! They could be scooped up like Miura or Polanski when they traveled internationally...
Cyka UchuuJin wrote:not gonna happen in this case. they way japan sees it, they're completely in the right as this was a crime committed against a japanese. they will argue that divorce proceedings should have been conducted in japan since that's where they married (assuming that is the case) and therefore the mother had the right to bring them back to japan. especially as unless the mother is mentally unstable, she would be given sole custody anyway. no matter how often it's brought up that she committed the first wrong by taking them out of tennessee, the japanese will counter that he broke japanese law in japan.
as sad as it is, he should probably try to make peace with the mother so that he can go to japan once a year for supervised visits. even if they were dual citizens before, she's probably already taken the divorce papers to the courts and had their american citizenship revoked.
Cyka UchuuJin wrote:the japanese press will portray the mother as 100% victim. innocent japanese girl who was seduced by the foreigner with promises of a wonderful life and happiness, who then took her to america where she was miserable and forced to live as a housewife, far away from her family. she begged and pleaded to return to japan but he refused and she had no choice but to divorce him and hope for full custody of the children. the courts unfairly did not grant her immediate and full custody, which made her life even worse, as she was now forced to take on a menial, low paying job just to survive. her father, sympathetic to her horrible plight, bought plane tickets for her and the children, so that a real court could make the correct custodial ruling.
does anyone know what nationality the children are? do they have dual jap/yank citizenship? not that it will really matter since she's on home turf and the courts are 150% pro j-mother.
btw, any wonder that the ex's name is noriko??
Hikonejou wrote:No matter the distance, a Father has the right to be with his Children.
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