James Cook
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SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING: HOPE DEFERRED: SECURING ENFORCEMENT OF THE GOLDMAN ACT TO RETURN ABDUCTED AMERICAN CHILDREN
07.14.2016 2:15pm 2255 Rayburn Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights,and International Organizations Good afternoon Chairman Smith, all subcommittee members, all those affected by theissue of international parental child abduction in
International law tangles Minnesota custody battle
James Cook hasn’t seen his kids since Oct. 13, 2014. In July of that year, his wife, Hitomi Arimitsu went to Japan for an agreed-upon six-week vacation, according to Cook.
USA, Japan: Local Man Asking Trump Administration to Help Get His Children Back From Japan
April 06, 2017 10:55 PM A Maple Grove man is asking the Trump Administration to pressure Japan to give his children back. James Cook was in Washington D.C. Thursday fighting
Japan signed abduction treaty but for ‘left-behind’ parents that doesn’t mean much
TOKYO — James Cook wants his four children home in Minnesota. His estranged wife, Hitomi Arimitsu, says they want to stay with her in Japan. And so they have been going
Foreign parents fight in vain for custody in Japan
TOKYO (AFP) – Emmanuel, Stephane, Henrik and James come from very different backgrounds, but they share the same painful experience of battling Japan’s legal system – in vain – for
Foreign parents fight in vain for custody in Japan
Emmanuel, Stephane, Henrik and James come from very different backgrounds, but they share the same painful experience of battling Japan’s legal system — in vain — for access to their
Left-behind dad’s last resort: Impeach Japan’s Supreme Court judges
James Cook is relentless. His four children were abducted to Japan from Minnesota by his Japanese wife in 2014. This was after Japan acceded to the Hague Convention on the
Lawmaker: U.S. needs to pressure Japan to comply with international child abduction laws
Lawmaker: U.S. needs to pressure Japan to comply with international child abduction laws Credit: STEPHEN J BOITANO, GANNETT In this file photo, Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., talks with media prior