# Parents Fighting Japanese Law for the Right to See Their Kids | Full Episode | SBS Dateline

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In 2024, Japan announced it would allow parents to share custody over their children after divorce. For this 2022 documentary, Dateline investigated the country's controversial sole custody law that sometimes led to abductions of children and parents being cut off from seeing their kids.

00:00 Japan won't allow this Aussie mum to see her children 06:14 Why parental abductions are considered legal in Japan 07:53 The sole custody system, explained 13:51 A UK dad who won the battle for his kids 19:10 Mothers left to raise kids alone after divorce 22:21 Foreign parents fighting to reunite with their children

This episode first aired in 2022.

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