ACTIVITY REPORTFOR FISCAL YEAR 2015

FROM 1st APRIL 2015
TO 31st MARCH 2016

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE JAPAN(ISSJ)

Activity Report
For Fiscal Year 2015
International Social Service Japan
I. History of International Social Service Japan (ISSJ)
ISSJ started providing intercountry adoption services in 1952 as Japan-U.S. Joint
Committee for the Assistance of Orphans in order to help children who could not be raisedby birth parents place in a home of adoptive parents of different nationality.

After

receiving recognition for these activities, ISSJ was formally established with theauthorization of the Ministry of Health and Labor in 1959. Since then, the scope of ourservices has expanded in response to the changing welfare needs, and our professionalsocial workers have been involved in a variety of international welfare activities in
addition to intercountry adoption assistance.
1952: Inaugurated as Japan-U.S. Joint Committee for the Assistance of Orphans,began providing intercountry adoption assistance services
1955: Became a Japanese branch of International Social Service (ISS)
1959: Authorized by the Ministry of Health and Labor as a social welfare corporation,
International Social Service Japan (ISSJ) was established
1979: Commissioned by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, started
offering support services for refugees
1994: Established a partnership agreement with the Department of Social Welfare andDevelopment of the Philippines
2014: Commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, started assistance services for
Parent-Child Visitation or Contact

ISSJ’s Philosophy*Our highest priority is to protect and serve the best interests of the child.
*We are committed to providing services to all people in need of welfare services without
regard to their language or ethnic background.

International Network
World War I displaced millions of people from their home countries, causing family
separations over national boundaries and turning many civilians into refugees.

iInternational Social Service (ISS) was founded in 1924 to protect the welfare of suchfamilies and children displaced by the war. It acts as an advisory agency for the United
Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF). Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, it has branches in 15 countries andcorrespondents in 110 countries. Working closely with ISS headquarters, its branches
and correspondents, ISSJ provides social welfare assistance with cases involving morethan one country.

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Activity Report
For Fiscal Year 2015
International Social Service Japan (ISSJ)
Yaeko Otsuki
President
This report contains highlights of the activities undertaken by ISSJ during the fiscal
year starting April 1, 2015 and ending March 31, 2016.
Today, seventy years since the end of World War II, the majority of people in Japan are
ignorant of the war. However, conflicts continue to break out across national borders allover the world and the majority of the victims are women and children. Along with therise in the number of people forced to migrate, the challenges faced by them and theirfamilies are becoming ever more multi-faceted and complex. Correspondingly, ISSJ has
been asked to provide consultation on many different kinds of issues, such as statelesschildren placed in child care institutions, family separations due to failed international
marriages, difficulties for families of migrants and refugees in adjusting to life in Japan,
and many others.

ISSJ social workers remain committed to continue providing

assistance for each client in the hope that our society can become more tolerant andaccepting of different types of individuals and family situations.
ISSJ’s activities in 2015 were funded by grants from many entities including JKA, Nippon
Foundation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), MasonicFoundation of Japan, Community Chest, Nippon Foundation Yurikago Grant, Mitsubishi
Foundation, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Osaka Community Foundation, and by
donations from corporate members such as Toyo Wharf & Warehouse Co., Ltd., Jissen
Rinri and Mitsubishi Materials Corporation as well as many of its individual members.
In addition, ISSJ received ongoing cooperation and assistance from the Ministry of Health,
Labor and Welfare, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, Tokyo
Metropolitan Government, embassies and consulates of various countries, the Family
Court, child guidance centers, baby homes, child care institutions, and many others. We
would all sincerely like to thank all of you for the generous support of ISSJ.

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I. Assistance and Consultation
1. Adoption
Adoption in the Best Interest of Child
Given our belief at ISSJ that it is best for children to be raised in a home environment,
we provide adoption assistance to make this a reality for as many of them as possible.
Prospects are not good for some of the children living in baby homes and child careinstitutions to be cared for in a home environment. Child guidance centers place thesechildren with foster parents in the hopes of eventual adoption. When these placements do
not lead to adoption in the area of their jurisdiction, intercountry adoption is considered
as an alternative option for securing family-based care for the child.
During this past year, child guidance centers in Japan continued to refer many children
to ISSJ for intercountry adoption. ISSJ performs these services in accordance with thephilosophy of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and the 1993 Hague
Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry
Adoption. This means that we prioritize “domestic adoption” where the child and theprospective adoptive parents are all living in Japan in order to minimize the burden on
the child.
UN Convention on the Rights of the ChildThe Convention sets forth basic human rights of a child for the purposes of ensuring its
right to life, survival and development particularly given its need for special protection
and assistance. It describes in detail the rights of a child to be registered immediately
after birth, to acquire a nationality, not to be separated from its parents, and many others.
Japan ratified the UN Convention in 1994.

The 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation
in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
The Convention seeks to ensure that intercountry adoptions are made in the child’s bestinterest in offering the advantages of growing up in a family environment. The basic
principles of the Convention are to protect the child and its birth parents, as well as
adoptive parents. It therefore requires, among many other items, that due consideration
be given to the possibility of adoption in the child’s own country and that birth mother’s
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consent be given only after the birth of her child.

The Hague Convention has been

ratified by more than 80 countries to date, but Japan has not ratified it yet.

Intercountry Adoption
Intercountry adoption currently undertaken by ISSJ is the type of adoption between an
adoptee and an adopter whose nationalities are different from each other. In Japan,
intercountry adoption can be divided into three categories: (A) intercountry placement,(B) domestic placement, and (C) relative adoption *See ISSJ’s Intercountry Adoption Categories
Intercountry adoption must meet all the requirements under respective adoption laws ofboth the adopter and the adoptee. It is therefore necessary to carry out adoption
procedures in accordance with the laws of both countries to ensure the status of the
adopted child.
ISSJ’s Intercountry Adoption Categories
A (Intercountry Adoption)

A child residing in Japan is sent to a foreign country
where the adopter lives and a petition for adoption is filedwith the court in that country.

B (Domestic Adoption)

A child residing in Japan is adopted by foreign nationals
also residing in Japan and a petition for adoption is filedwith family court in Japan.

C (Relative Adoption)

A child residing outside Japan is sent to Japan, with theforeign adoption agency’s consent to adoption by its
relatives in Japan, and a petition for adoption is filed withfamily court in Japan

Post Adoption Support: Tracing Roots of Adoptees
Adoption process does not always end with the matching of an adoptee and an adopter. It
is often a lifetime process for adoptees, adopters, and birth parents. One very important
aspect of this process involves tracing the roots of adoptees, that is to say, many adoptees
have a strong desire to be reunited with their birth families. ISSJ respects these wishes
as the adoptees’ right and provides support as part of our post-adoption service. For thisreason, we not only keep the records of all adoptions ISSJ has handled since ourestablishment in 1952 to the present, but also provide support in tracing the roots of those
who were adopted through other agencies. In providing these services, we take special
care in listening to the adoptees and other concerned persons so that we can respond to3their needs.

Relative Adoption where Japanese Spouse Adopts His/Her Foreign Spouse’s
Birth Child or Relative
In the Philippines and Thailand, when a child from either of those countries is adopted
by a foreign national, an approval for intercountry adoption from that country’s Central
Authority needs to be obtained. For many years, ISSJ had assisted with the approval
application procedures with both countries’ Central Authorities. However, in February
2015, the Intercountry Adoption Board of the Philippines (ICAB) notified ISSJ that theywould no longer accept intercountry adoption applications from agencies not accredited
by ICAB in and outside of the Philippines.

As a result, ISSJ can now only provide

information and no longer assists with the intercountry adoption approval application for
submission to the Philippines’ Central Authority.
On the other hand, we continue to provide assistance with the applications to the Central
Authority in Thailand (Child Adoption Center) for approval of relative adoption where aJapanese national adopts his/her Thai spouse’s child or a relative.

2. Assistance with Parent-Child Visitation or Contact in International
Divorces and Marital Separations
Ensuring the Child’s Right to Have Contact with His/Her Parent
Parent-child visitation or contact allows a child and his/her parent to spend time witheach other when they no longer live together due to divorce or marital separation. It
ensures the child’s right to maintain contact with his/her parent. The schedule and themanner of visitation are determined by agreement between both parents, conciliation
through the family court or a court decree. Along with the increase in the number ofinternational marriages and divorces, the cases where one parent takes a child to anothercountry without the other parent’s consent have also increased (international childabduction).

The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child

Abduction, which prescribes an international cooperative framework to protect children
wrongfully taken across national borders after international divorces and marital
separations, was ratified by Japan in 2014 and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs became theCentral Authority under the Convention.

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The 1980 Hague Convention(The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction)*It prescribes an international cooperative framework for the expeditious return of a childto the country of his/her habitual residence as well as parent-child visitation or contact
across national borders.
*As of January 2016, 93 countries have ratified the Convention.

ISSJ’s Assistance with Parent-Child Visitation or Contact
ISSJ provides assistance with parent-child visitation or contact in international divorce
and separation cases. We work closely with both parents to ensure successful visitation,such as liaising between the parents to work out the details of contact, conducting
interviews with them, providing or suggesting a suitable venue, and having one of oursocial workers attend and observe the actual visitation or contact.
Since 2014, commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we have been assisting withparent-child visitation or contact through the Central Authorities of Japan and other
Hague contracting countries.

In doing so, ISSJ social workers work closely with theparents and their attorneys to reach agreement on the date and the method of visitation
and also attend the arranged visitations (e.g., at a park or ISSJ’s interview room) in orderto provide support during the visitation. With international divorce cases, the language
barrier and cultural differences often pose additional difficulties for the parent and thechild to communicate with each other. In such cases, the ISSJ social worker acts as aninterpreter, providing supplementary explanation about something the child might havedifficulty explaining in detail.
In 2015, we experienced an increased demand for our services due to a rising number ofdomestic cases referred to us.

While there are other agencies providing parent-childvisitation or contact support but their procedures and methods are often different from
ISSJ. Moreover, they are sometimes subject to geographic or service capacity limitations.
Since ISSJ can cover cases all over Japan, we received a large number of inquiries fromagencies subject to these limitations. We also received inquiries on international divorce
cases that fall outside the 1980 Hague Convention. In all these cases, we try our best toensure that the child can feel at ease spending time with his/her parent during visitation
while respecting the wishes of both parents.

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3. Assistance in Acquiring Nationality and Repatriation for Stateless Children“What is Statelessness?”
When a foreign woman gives birth to a child in Japan, reporting such birth to a municipal
office in Japan will not bestow nationality on the child.

His/her birth must also bereported to the embassy of the country of either the mother or the father in order for thechild to obtain the nationality thereof.

A stateless person is not recognized by any

country as its national, which means he/she cannot obtain any official identification suchas a passport. This poses a great challenge to his/her ability to progress in life, such as
obtaining higher education, finding employment, opening a bank account, getting married,
etc.

Assistance in Acquiring Nationality and Repatriation
Throughout 2015, ISSJ continued to assist in acquiring nationality for stateless childrenof foreign nationals placed in baby homes and child care institutions. There are manycases where foreign parents fail to notify their child’s birth to their country’s embassy orwhere their whereabouts are unknown. In such cases, the child guidance center, baby
home, or the child care institution take on the responsibility of reporting the child’sbirth.
If the whereabouts of the foreign parents are known, a notification of their child’s birth isaccepted by submitting an affidavit stating the reason for their delay in reporting. If thewhereabouts of the foreign parents are not known, we need to investigate the appropriate
process, confirm if the parents had ever made an inquiry at the embassy, or apply for theforeign parents’ certificates of nationality. Our objective is to have the embassy accept
the notification of the child’s birth.
If, after a child acquires a nationality, the child guidance center and the Immigration
Bureau mutually determine that the child should be raised by his/her relatives abroad,we request the child welfare authorities of the country where the relatives will bereceiving the child to conduct a home study. Once the home study is completed, we assist
with the repatriation procedure such as selecting an escort to take the child to his/her
relatives.

64. Casework Service for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Refugees and Asylum Seekers Living in Japan
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the largest
number of people since World War II were displaced in 2015 from their homelands, mostof them from Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia: that number was 65.3 million, and thissituation is referred to as the “refugee crisis” and became the international problem.
Even Japan saw an increase in the number of refugees coming into the country, which has
led to a greater social awareness of the plight of such people fleeing persecution in theircountries on the basis of their race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, political opinion, or
membership in a particular social group. In 2015, a record number of 7,586 persons
sought asylum in Japan. Asylum seekers in Japan have limited access to public support,
and have to rely on support from individuals, family or community. Many suffer fromdepression or PTSD due to stress and trauma associated with their experiences ofpersecution, obstacles in adapting to a different culture, their prolonged detention andfinancial difficulties.

Settlement Support
ISSJ provides social welfare support for refugees and asylum seekers.

Our social

workers visit detention centers, provide individual and family counseling, introduce
medical institutions to uninsured asylum seekers, and facilitate school registration andattendance for their children.

Beyond helping individuals in need, it is important tounderstand our mission of promoting social welfare. Keeping this in mind, our social
workers carefully evaluate each person’s situation and provide support so that they canmanage independent living.

ISSJ also supports refugee communities in Japan formed by refugees and asylum seekers
with shared origins who live close and support each other.

Examples include the

Myanmar community in Shinjuku area, the Kurdish community in Saitama, and theRohingya community in Gunma. Our social workers often visit these communities toassess the difficulties they face. After that, we provide them with information they need
and liaise with relevant persons or organizations who can support them.

These

communities serve as a sanctuary for their respective members where they can share theirown language and culture. However, if they become isolated from the rest of the Japanesesociety, it cuts off their chances of becoming acclimated. Therefore, ISSJ’s objective is to7enable them to manage living in Japan on their own and become a productive member of
the Japanese society.

Counseling at Detention Center
Those seeking refugee status can be detained at an immigration detention center unlessthey receive a special permission to stay or a provisional stay permit from the Immigration
Bureau.

There is no clear guidance on the duration of such detention, which cansometimes last more than a year.

After applying for refugee status, a few can get a

provisional release to leave the detention center. However, they have to report to the
Immigration Bureau every one to three months, and there is always a possibility for them
to be detained again.
Many of the asylum seekers suffer from high levels of stress as a result of their experiencesof fleeing persecution in their countries and develop further health issues, both mental
and physical, as their detention is prolonged. These stresses often manifest in physicalsymptoms such as headaches, stomachaches, high blood pressure, insomnia, constipation,
diarrhea, and vomiting.
ISSJ, commissioned by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
provides counseling to those applying for refugee status in Japan. On a monthly basis
throughout 2015, we visited the Eastern Japan Immigration Center in Ushiku, Ibaraki
prefecture and the Tokyo Immigration Center in Shinagawa, Tokyo. On average, we met
with 6 to 7 persons per visit and provided counseling. During our sessions, we asked fortheir reasons for seeking asylum, the extent of their social resource in Japan, their family,
and health condition. We pay careful attention to their many issues and consult
professionals and medical specialists when necessary.
Even detainee’s family and friends cannot often visit detention centers to see them for 30
minutes. Moreover, those detained upon arrival at the airport do not have any friends,
and lack information about the legal system or life in Japan. These clients tell us thatour visits provide them with necessary information and help reduce their stress. Living
in detention is a harsh experience and we strive to support our clients in alleviating theirstress and managing health.

8II. Cultivation of Human Resources・Research・Workshop throughInternational Social Work
1. Cultivation of Human Resources through International Social Work
(Program in Cambodia)
9 years ago, ISSJ started offering an educational day-care center called “Phtea Nhor Nhim”
in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is now operated out of “Hiroshima House” located at a
Unarom temple north of Phnom Penh. We started this center in 2008 for children fromunderprivileged families or who live with monks at the temple.
Last year, five Cambodian staff members provided classes in literacy, health education,
computer and English to approximately 60 children.

After receiving the educational

support at Hiroshima House, more than 60% of these children were able to attend publicschool. Children living on the street also come to our center. Only few children come tothe center on a consistent basis, but we make daily preparations to receive anyone whowants to come back any time.
We have been working on registration procedure of this center as a local NGO under thename of “Pteah Nhor Nhim Organization”. However, this process has not been completed
yet because of complications due to its activities being carried out in a temple. To obtainapproval for NGO registration, the Cambodian staff at the center, with the help of student
interns and Japanese residents in the area, have now completed a brochure and thewebsite in English to promote awareness of its activities.
In fiscal year 2015, we received a grant from the Osaka Community Foundation andvarious forms of support from many individuals, companies, schools, and NGOs. To date,with the contributions from international donors, seven children from the center now live
independently after graduating from vocational schools, two children have gone onto highschool, and six children are now in junior high school.

From fiscal year 2016, “NPO

Hiroshima Cambodia Citizens Exchange Association”, the parent entity of “Hiroshima
House”, will take over the center’s operation. “Hiroshima House” was originally built bypeople from Hiroshima as a place to learn through cultural interaction in pursuit of peaceand reconstruction of Cambodia. We will continue to root for the success of this centerfor the sake of the children it serves and inspires. We are immensely grateful to all thepeople who have been involved in this program over the years.

92. Symposium on Promoting Family-Based CareIn July 2015, with the support from the Mitsubishi Foundation, we hosted a symposium
to discuss the results of research on recent legal developments in adoption. Prior to thesymposium, we researched adoption literature and conducted interviews in order toascertain legal frameworks in the Philippines, Korea, and China for adoption, both
domestic and international.

Thereafter on July 10, 2015, we held a symposium on“Promoting Family-Based Care: ensuring permanency of children in need of protection
under the 1993 Hague Convention”.
This symposium took place at the House of Councilors’ Hall and was attended byapproximately 70 people, including representatives from child care institutions, adoption
agencies, and academia. The morning sessions featured a presentation by Ms. Michiko
Hirata (Child Welfare Studies Professor at Izumi Junior College) on “Recent Trends inInternational Adoption and a joint presentation by Ms. Eunhwa Kang (Lecturer in the
Healthcare and Welfare Department at Saitama Prefectural University for the Social
Welfare of Children), Ms. Jin Jie (Professor at Taisho University in the Department of
Human Studies and Social Welfare Studies), and Ocampos Stella (Social worker at ISSJ)
on the results of the research entitled “The Ratification of the 1993 Hague ConventionHow has adoption changed? Reports from Korea, China and the Philippines”.
In the afternoon, Ms. Laura Matinez-Mora, Chief Legal Officer of the Permanent
Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, gave a presentation on“Meaning of the 1993 Hague Convention Ratification and Risks for Non-Ratifying
Countries”.

The symposium concluded with a panel discussion with Mr. Akira

Kawamatsu (Research Manager of the Children’s Rainbow Center) and Mr. Hirohito
Suzuki (Professor at Chuo University, Faculty of Law) on “Promoting Family-Based Care”.
Japan has not yet ratified the 1993 Hague Convention. At the symposium, presentersand participants exchanged views on how Japan can or should address the issue of
adoption in order to promote family-based care of children in need of protection.

3. Field Research in Germany and Belgium on Refugee Protection
With a grant from the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, an ISSJ social worker went toGermany and Belgium to conduct research on refugee protection for 8 days in February.
After the summer of 2015, a large number of refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea ina desperate attempt to reach Europe in what is now referred as the “Refugee Crisis”.
Most of them are Syrians escaping from prolonged civil war. Our research focused on

10refugee protection policy in Europe, cooperation among EU member states, the functionof refugee protection by local administration, and the role of civil society. We looked into
the situation in Germany for the majority of our research except for the question on thelevel of cooperation within the EU, which was carried out in Belgium.
With more than one million refugees arriving in Germany in 2015, its government had tokeep revising its own laws in order to cope with such influx and to expedite screening.
Although the EU member states have been trying to address this situation collectively,
their efforts continue to be hampered by opposing views and interests of each member
state.
Refugees were welcomed at first in Germany, but as terrorist attacks in the neighboring
countries as well as physical assault in Germany have continued, the public sentiment isgradually turning against them. Nevertheless, the government policy to promote swift
integration of refugees into German society, such as providing support for language
training and job training, are being implemented. Their goal is to prevent segregation andcreation of a “parallel society” comprised of only the immigrants. What impressed us themost was the fact that the politicians and civilians discussed the problem concerning
refugee seriously as it is their own social problem.
As an entity supporting the social adaptation of refugees and asylum seekers in Japan,
our objective in undertaking this research was to learn from the experience of refugee
acceptance policies and social integration support programs on the ground in Europe. We
found that the social workers provide the refugee support especially in Germany and thatthe challenges they face in terms of public awareness and support methods were very
similar to the difficulties we face.

List of places the social worker visited
21(Sun) Munich: temporary camp
22 (Mon) Nuremberg: BAMF, German Red Cross
23 (Tue) Berlin: FES Foundation
24 (Wed) Berlin: The Bundestag, German Red Cross Front Office, AWO refugee camp
25 (Thu) Brussels: UNHCR, EU committee
26 (Fri) Brussels: Symposium at Free University Brussels
27 (Sat) Brussels: Symposium at Free University Brussels
28 (Sun) Cologne: Interview to employer of refugees
29 (Mon) Paderborn: Caritas
11III. Public Relations
1. ISSJ Charity Movie and Bazaar
ISSJ held Charity Movie Festivals in June and October at Hitotsubashi Hall, Jinbocho for
fundraising and to promote public awareness of ISSJ. ISSJ’s event committee andvolunteers worked hard to plan and organize these events. Volunteers came to ISSJ officeevery Friday for three months before the movie festival and made extensive preparations.
The featured films were “Philomena” about adoption at the June event and “Any Day Now”
about a gay couple fighting a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned
mentally handicapped child at the October event. Although attendance at these events
continues to decline every year, the number of attendees were 1,244 in June and 905 in
October. Both movies were well received by the participants who thought they were boththought-provoking.
For these events, many volunteers helped us both on the day before and the day of theevent with the set-up, sales, and clean-up for the bazaar. In addition, many handcrafted
items were donated. Gross earnings from ticket sales, bazaar, contributions and donation
were ¥3,891,485 (June 2015) and ¥3,633,213 (October 2015), respectively, and they will
be used for for the ISSJ’s international welfare activities.

Balance of Payment of Charity Movie and Bazaar for Fiscal year of 2015(the 70th and 71st )12

2. Charity LiveWe held a live charity concert featuring Kotez & Yancy, a blues harp (harmonica) andpiano duo, to raise money for refugee living in Japan. Children who attended danced freely
to the music, and refugees who attended on our invitation seemed to enjoy the concert.
The money raised from this event in the amount of ¥10,173 was utilized for refugees living
in Japan. We appreciate your support.

3. A Redesigned Website
Our webpage, which was redesigned in Fiscal Year 2014, was translated into English andrelaunched in Fiscal Year 2015.

4. Publication of Newsletter “Intercountry”
We published two issues of the newsletter “Intercountry” in 2015 to communicate updates
on ISSJ social workers’ activities and information on upcoming events as well as educate
the public on present status of child welfare in Japan. Our 50th anniversary issue this past
year we featured a special column containing a personal message from actress, Sahel Rose.
We distributed 1500 copies of the “Intercountry” to organizations and individuals who
help and support our activities.

13IV. DATA
Casework Breakdown
Casework During Fiscal Year 2014

Number of Cases

Cases newly received during this year

455

Cases newly opened during this year

62

Cases re-opened during this year

9

Cases continued from previous year452

Grand total of cases during this year

978

Casework Breakdown by Main Categories
Subject

Number of Cases

Number ofCounselingInter-country adoption/Foster care

384

1,989

Refugee support

353

1,624

Child abduction, Parent-child visitation or contact

31

428

Tracing and reunification

44

267

Counseling for international marriage/divorce

14

137

Birth registration, application for naturalization,acquirement of nationality

29

115

Status of residence

11

99

Medical/Mental health problems

20

39

Child abuse・neglect

742

Verification of paternity

4

13

Support for entering the work force

160Institutionalization problem

5

3

Deportation

30School attendance・education

1

0

Poverty・Livelihood subsidies

10Providing of information, introducing of otherorganization

37

51

14

SubjectNumber of Cases

Others
Total

Number ofCounseling

18

46

978

4,853

Organizations that Referred Clients to ISSJ
During this fiscal year there were 690 cases of newly accepted casework service.
The organizations that referred cases to our assistance are as follows:
Organizations which Referred Cases to ISSJ
Foreign Government Offices/Embassies

Number of
Cases
76

Related Ministries-Ministry of Foreign Affairs・Health,Labour and Welfare Ministry, Ministry of Justice・
Immigration Bureau
Japanese
Prefectures, Child Guidance Center, Health Center・theGovernment Metropolitan Police Department
Offices
Municipals, Welfare Office, Health Center, Education Board

919
5

Family Court, Municipal court

0International organizations such as U.N, etc.

17

Educational institution・Civil group

14

Medical institutions

2

Bar Association, Japan Legal Support Center, Lawyers, judicial scrivener,
administrative scrivener

8

ISS branches and correspondents

5

Friends/acquaintances/families/the person himself(or herself)

268

Others

32

Total

455

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Countries Involved in the Cases
The following 64 countries and area are involved in the cases during this fiscal year:
Afghanistan

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Benin

BelarusBrazilCambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Congo

Egypt

Ethiopia

FranceGermany

Ghana

GuineaHolland

India

Iran

Iraq

Italy

Japan

Kenia

Korea

KosovoLaos

Malaysia

Mari

Mongolia

MyanmarNamibia

Nepal

Nigeria

Pakistan

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Republic
d'Ivoire

RussiaRwandaSenegalSingapore

SomaliaSouth Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

SwedenSwitzerland

Syria

TaiwanTanzania

ThailandTunisia

TurkeyU.K

U.S.A.

UgandaUkraineVietnam

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