{"id":373,"date":"2009-10-01T09:52:59","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T00:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sos-parents-japan.org\/?p=373"},"modified":"2009-10-01T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T00:52:59","slug":"father-kids-in-custody-case-japanese-citizens-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.france-japon.net\/sosparentsjapan\/2009\/10\/01\/father-kids-in-custody-case-japanese-citizens-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Father, kids in custody case Japanese citizens, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TOKYO, Japan (CNN)<\/strong> — The case of a Tennessee man jailed in Japan for trying to snatch back his children from his estranged wife is not as clear-cut as it’s been made out to be, authorities here said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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A Tennessee court awarded Christopher Savoie custody of his son, Isaac, and daughter, Rebecca.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The father, Christopher Savoie, apparently became a naturalized Japanese citizen four years ago, listing a permanent address in Tokyo, they said.<\/p>\n

And while he and Noriko Savoie, a Japanese native, divorced in Tennessee, the two never annulled their marriage in Japan, Japanese officials said.<\/p>\n

Also, the two children at the center of the case hold Japanese passports, they said.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0His chances of getting his children back home to the States, I think, are pretty slim right now,\u00a0\u00bb Jeremy Morley, Savoie’s lawyer in the United States, told CNN’s \u00ab\u00a0AC 360\u00a0\u00bb on Tuesday night. \"Video\" Watch how dad landed in Japanese jail \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0We’re getting this in the hands of Interpol. We’re putting the pressure,\u00a0\u00bb he added. \u00ab\u00a0We want diplomatic pressure. We want the United States government to act strongly.\u00a0\u00bb Read about why the case is not news in Japan<\/a><\/p>\n

Savoie was arrested Monday when he snatched his two children — 8-year-old Isaac and 6-year-old Rebecca — as Noriko Savoie was walking them to school in Fukuoka, about 680 miles (1,100 kilometers) southwest of the capital, Tokyo.<\/p>\n

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