The Hague Convention (Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction)　

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Central Authority of Japan) holds seminars on the Hague Convention in several parts of the world. The aim of these seminars is primarily to provide accurate information about the 1980 Hague Convention and deepen understanding of the Convention among Japanese nationals abroad, thereby preventing parental removal of children across borders.

For each seminar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan sent its official as a lecturer to give the audience an overview of the 1980 Hague Convention and its procedure, especially focusing on the importance of obtaining consent of the other parent before going back to Japan with the child.

(Seminars to date)