christyjapan comments

@proudnippon there's LOTS of eng expressions you don't see in your dictionary, guess you're getting good "real" english lessons here LOL

@proudnippon

what's 'cuz', is it latin? today's English lesson for you. "cuz" --cause (because)

agree with cleo. sorry sfip330 you just picked a wrong woman.. and she doesn't represent most japanese women.

@crazygaijin

seriously ... the guys name is really "banana" yashimoto, come on what were his parents thinking??

HER real name is MAHOKO Yoshimoto.. just FYI.

Ihateabusers,

Japan is one of the worst places in the world to raise children post-divorce as far as protections to their psychology and interests go, especially when there is clear and convincing evidence of child abuse and neglect. Even Japanese experts in family law agree. Read some law journals. I feel sorry for the foreigners living in Japan posting this garbage in support of a kidnapper and wanted felon child abuser in order to make themselves feel better about living in that place. Shame on you.

Who the heck are you to say you are sorry for the foreigners living in japan blah blah, shame on you blah blah.. ???????? you just appeared like a day or two ago all the sudden and then saying all the garbage. Shame on you. If you are to say Noriko was a child abuser, give us a link that says so, and by MY own standard, both Noriko and Christopher seriously abused the kids by taking the actions they did.

is that the mother is a documented child abuser and this is why she lost custody

She had the kids custody first UNTIL she left the country with the kids, didn't she???? Why did she get the custody if she was a child abuser?

Give us a link or prove what you're saying are correct because you're not making any sense.

hang in there, kyoko. killing yourself doesn't solve any problem. be strong for your babies (and yes, including your boy)

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dammit- excuse me but i am not a troll. as i have stated before (see below), i don't believe it is acceptable to leave your small child alone. i was just saying that one mistake can lead to a tragedy like this, and that is why we cannot make a mistake like this. if you read all my posts, you can see how i do not think this was acceptable.

4-year-olds are curious and anything could happen, and that's why we, parents, need to be extra careful and try to foresee things before something like this happens..

i'm with kazan and bicultural, too.

This mother might have been a very good mother, but just one mistake can lead to a tragedy.. it's sad.

BTTSimon-

How do we know that the child was looking for his mother?

No we don't know, and that's why I said IF. Yes, 4-year-olds are curious and anything could happen, and that's why we, parents, need to be extra careful and try to foresee things before something like this happens..

Monkeyz- true, but my question is --- did the mother tell the boy she was going to a store for a few minutes and would be back right away? if the boy was looking for the mother, then her fault was not to tell him where she was going to and when she would be back. if the mother was in a different room, i don't think the boy would drag the chair to the balcony and climb up.

will this ever end?

Those scooters are called big scooters. And yes, they are still considered scooters.

lovejapan21- yes, you need a license! you can either go to j-driving school or to save $$, you can just take the test at menkyo-center (license center), in this case, it takes a couple of weeks before you get an actual license even if you pass the test.

she looks good WITHOUT "photo shop"!