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<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Date and time: February 10, 2022, 09:00-11:00 (Japan standard time)</b></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The rate of divorce for international couples is higher than for endogamous Japanese marriages. Reasons behind international divorces include interpersonal and intercultural issues, which are further complicated
by multifaceted structural hardships that spouses and their families face on a daily basis. However, no matter the reason for marriage dissolution, there are many individuals who are affected by marital discord, including spouses, their children and extended
family members. Our roundtable will bring together foreign spouses facing divorce, human rights and political activists, as well as scholars working in different areas to stimulate a multilateral and multidisciplinary conversation. We will outline issues that
couples face in the process of separation and divorce; discuss the extent to which the state is involved in such private matters as marriage and divorce; and discuss the difficulties international couples face when it comes to divorce procedures, alimony and
child suppor</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">t, as well as children’s custody issues. Furthermore, this roundtable will be an opportunity
</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">to reflect on the current problems of international divorce and possible solutions.</span>
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<p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:700">Our panelists are:<br>
Vincent Fichot </span>and <span style="font-weight:700">Karina Kakhiani</span> are both parents of children abducted by their spouses. Vincent Fichot has been actively lobbying and advocating to put an end to child abduction in Japan as well as for introducing
joint child custody.<br>
<span style="font-weight:700">Yasuyuki Watanabe </span>holds an M.A. in Law from Keio University and M.A. in International Public Policy from Columbia University. He is a former government official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, visiting professor at
the Tama University (Japan).<br>
<span style="font-weight:700">Jefferson R. Plantilla </span>is a researcher at the Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Center (HURIGHTS OSAKA). He prepares and writes articles for HURIGHTS OSAKA publications (<span style="font-style:italic">Human Rights Education
in Asia-Pacific, FOCUS Asia-Pacific)</span>, leads multi-country research projects on human rights issues in relation to social development, culture, education, law and business.<br>
<span style="font-weight:700">Allison Alexy </span>is an associate professor at the University of Michigan (USA). Her publications include
<span style="font-style:italic">Intimate Disconnections: Divorce and the Romance of Independence in Contemporary Japan
</span>(University of Chicago Press, 2020). She is currently writing a new book, <span style="font-style:italic">
Family Law in a Family Nation: Parental Abductions and Activism in Contemporary Japan</span>.<br>
<span style="font-weight:700">Miloš Debnár </span>is a lecturer at the Faculty of International Studies, Ryukoku University (Japan). His main research interest is migration, ethnicity, and race issues regarding contemporary European migration to Japan. He
is an author of <span style="font-style:italic">Migration, Whiteness, and Cosmopolitanism: Europeans in Japan
</span>(Palgrave, 2016).<br>
<span style="font-weight:700">Aleksandra Babovi</span><span style="font-weight:700">ć</span>, an
<span style="color:rgb(14,16,26)">Assistant Professor at </span>the Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University.
<span style="color:rgb(14,16,26)">She is an Affiliated Scholar at the Research Institute for Indo-</span><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26)">Pacific Affairs. Her research interests include Japan’s foreign
</span><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26)">policy and security. She is the author of
</span><span style="font-style:italic; color:rgb(14,16,26)">The Tokyo Trial, Justice, and the Postwar International Order
</span><span style="color:rgb(14,16,26)">(Palgrave, 2019).<br>
</span><span style="font-weight:700">Organizer/moderator:<br>
Viktoriya Kim</span>, a specially appointed associate professor at the Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University is a co-author of
<span style="font-style:italic">The Politics of International Marriage in Japan </span>
(Rutgers University Press, 2021). She specializes in international marriage migration, multicultural policies, and integration issues of migrants in Japan.
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<div>To REGISTER, please click on the following link and fill in the Google form. After you have successfully registered, a link for the zoom webinar will be sent to you.<br>
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<a href="http://shorturl.at/eCQZ6" target="_blank">Registration for Roundtable on International Divorce in Japan</a><br>
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<div>(<a href="http://shorturl.at/eCQZ6" target="_blank">shorturl.at/eCQZ6</a>)</div>
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With my best regards,</div>
<div>Viktoriya Kim</div>
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Viktoriya KIM (PhD) <br>
Associate Professor of G30 Human Sciences Program </div>
<div>School of Human Sciences<br>
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<div>Osaka University <br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:vkim@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp" target="_blank">vkim@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp</a><br>
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