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・CNN動画集 ・なぜ日本ではニュースになっていないか（CNN特派員ブログ）

Family man’s plight not news in Japan Christopher Savoie’s case is playing out dramatically over the airwaves and in the blogosphere ― an American man with sole legal custody of his young children, jailed in Japan for trying to bring his abducted children back to the U.S. But if you’re Japanese, you’ve never heard of Savoie, because the story hasn’t been on a newscast or in the newspapers. Based in Tokyo, among our first calls was to the local press in Fukuoka. The newspaper told us “This isn’t news.” When we asked if they would cover it because of the growing international interest, the paper flatly said, “No.” That response is a window into the Japanese mindset of the privacy of the home, and helps explain the cultural and legal clash in which Savoie is trapped. Invading into the domicile is considered taboo, where issues like domestic violence and child abuse still culturally remain private matters. Japanese family law follows suit, hesitant to order families to recognize joint custody. It prefers to obey the cultural norm of the woman having primary custody, which often means the father never has any contact with the children. That would be unthinkable in a U.S. court, which sees joint custody as a matter of course in divorce. The Americans I’ve interviewed in this story say they’re flabbergasted by Japan’s archaic and rigid laws. But in this culture, there’s no discussion about it. They don’t even consider it news. Posted by: Kyung Lah