The Australian government has launched an unprecedented intervention in Japan’s domestic politics.
Australia has co-ordinated a letter by nine governments outlining a shared interest in Japan’s legal reforms around child custody.
In a letter to Japan’s minister of foreign affairs and minister of justice signed last year by the ambassadors of Australia, Belgium, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, the coalition of governments urged Tokyo to pass laws to bring it into line with its international obligations.
It is extremely rare for ambassadors stationed in a foreign country to issue a joint statement commenting on the domestic politics of their host nation. The letter, which was co-ordinated by the Australian embassy in Tokyo and led by Australia’s ambassador Justin Hayhurst, said the foreign envoys were observing a family law reform being proposed in Japan with interest.
“The proposed reforms currently under consideration, to move away from sole custody after divorce, would bring Japan further into line with these international obligations as a state party to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,” the letter said.
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