Japanese high court orders mother to return son to father in U.S.

A high court in central Japan ordered a woman on Tuesday to return her son to his father in the United States, saying her failure to comply with an international convention on child abduction is illegal.The Nagoya High Court ruled in favor of the father in a dispute between parents, who are both Japanese, over the custody of their American-born son who was brought to Japan by his mother without the father's consent in 2016.Presiding Judge Hisashi Toda of the high court said although the son "claims he wants to stay in Japan, he has been living in the country being largely dependent on his m…READ FULL ARTICLE