An apt little article on BacHome.org – a site to raise awareness of the plight of 300 U.S. citizen children kidnapped to (and wrongfully retained) in Japan.
Contrasting and demonstrating the hypocrisy of Japan vis-a-vis North Korea and Child abductions. Read the article here: http://bit.ly/pLGwD9

Returned Child Scoreboard comparing Japan and North Korea
And while Japan continues to refuse the return of abducted US children or even to provide access to the children for the left behind parents… The Japanese government still asks the US for assistance in dealing with the handful of abducted Japanese children remaining in North Korea - Japan lawmakers urge no US food aid to N.Korea – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/nCpJe7 Have they no shame?
Japan is horrendous with regard to their record on child abduction: http://japan2.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20100122-85.html