18 years later the heads of state and government commemorate the suffering of its minute to. The ceremonies in poland. Tomorrow on day 8 of the. Cut. You know next an ox odyssey has brought him here a Police Station in tokyo hes hoping to file a missing persons report for his children the police arent keen on reporters. Stop the recording please here in this field. He owns a wife abducted their 2 sons. But 3 hours later nothings happened we havent filled out any forms or reports. They just gathered information and called their boss to ask what to do youll for music. This was once home but no longer. Your own economic has since moved to berlin. For the family lives here. And now the house holds nothing but memories. His wife went back to japan taking their children with her. John has just returned from tokyo hes been there several times before but still hasnt managed to find his children the syndicate saying to these are the presents i took with me to japan but it can end up on the table if i bring them every time so the packaging is a bit worse for wear to me every time i hope ill be able to give them to car and johan. But i havent found my children on and on to styles and. 2 years ago his marriage collapsed his wife vanished with their 2 children. Beyond has had no contact with his sons ever since to says the skin. Bedroom and of course its where they used to play. Here most of their fingers are still here close and. Its i havent been able to bring myself to clean out the rooms. Beyond has legal custody of his children he won 4 court cases and in germany and japan but your band has done nothing to enforce them. His wife has broken off all contact and refuses to turn over custody. There used to be pictures on this wall of the children playing she tore them all down. But its when the police saw that they said it was pretty clear. And when someone takes personal items like pictures with them they know its not likely to be just a quick trip somewhere. This. One week earlier bjorn was and would tsunami of japan about a 90 minute drive north of tokyo. Is sitting in a smoky hotel lobby. Girding himself for what he knows will be an emotional ordeal the gifts hes brought along still look new he hopes will soon be able to see is abducted children its a fate that he shares with many other fathers around the world. In other countries the police will pursue the case but in japan the authorities are uncooperative. In japan you have to go there with a Court Bailiff get. To keep the children have to go with you willingly disinfo and it untied and the parent who have ducted the children has to agree is a fiance in the 5 years since japan ratified the Hague Convention that hasnt happened and its not even once and that 6 months to get. And johan are meanwhile 4 and 6 years old. The legal situation is clear under the Hague Convention japan must repatriate children within 6 weeks of the filing of the petition for their return. Japan ratified the convention. It went into force 5 years ago but chapin hasnt been complying with it. Shuji is who she of the ministry of Foreign Affairs says they have good reason. Must. Goal is to have the parent with whom the child is living to comply with the court ruling voluntarily. This is also a matter of the childs welfare. Was voluntary compliance thats a little bit Wishful Thinking here and could hardly be blamed for feeling angry. Thus with a spring in anger would get me nowhere as i feel helpless helpless because of my children of the moment and. His children have vanished and has no idea if theyre well or happy. And brought reams of documents with him including the verdict granting him sole custody. Of direct enforcement of compulsory return of the children is supposed to take place the following day. And has a meeting with the bailiff and his lawyer were not permitted to accompany him. He returns 2 and a half hours later. My 9 my impression was that the main topic today was japans image not returning my children to me or maybe improving the. Process so that children can be returned more quickly thats. The main topic was japans image abroad its. Cultural norms are also a factor japan often lags behind when it comes to enforcing global legal agreements. We go to a press conference being held by fathers from italy in france their children were also abducted and brought to japan and theyve also hit a brick wall with minimal in japan fear of conflict is more powerful than the law says lawyer a cure all we know. That it will in japan we say the law doesnt have anything to do with families or when it comes to marital disputes even the dog wont eat it you know people dont care about anyone elses marital problems so they dont care about what happens to the children. And. I dont this japan is a black hole when it comes to child abductions says tomato purina of italy his japanese wife abducted his son and daughter in late 2016 since then hes only seen his children for a total of 5 hours in a locked room at a Lawyers Office and that was years ago he has legal custody but the authorities are stonewalling for me not being able to see them see saw august 2017 is every days a nightmare. And of course use you to you know you learn how to deal with the spain but its not because i had to use a passage but. The following day we had a new hotel its closer to where the children are supposedly living but your own eft and i will spend the night here. A lawyer and translator from tokyo are also here. He hopes will soon have his children but hes worried. And demanding more to smiting if the mother isnt there with the children and this wont work on some site and or say the children are there without the parent who abducted them and filmed it on time she has to be there for this to go forward on and on this night and theres always the risk that shell have gone underground with the children somewhere in japan. The next day we order a taxi its another half hour to our destination. Its 7 in the morning the plan is that the children will be handed over just down the street the authorities dont want reporters there. We arranged to hold a skype call with biarne after the direction foresman its bad news his wife and children arent there. Would not only her father was there i didnt even see her sister another woman ive never seen before was there used by couldnt even set foot on the property i spent almost 2 hours at the fans watching them debate the situation. Do you know where your children are. Nothing really except that her family admitted that she keeps moving and going underground here in japan. We also contacted the childrens mother and asked for a statement she didnt reply another direct enforcement is scheduled for later that day at the Court Meeting its all talk and no action. Has asked if he could visit japan more often in frustration he calls the German Embassy and i told them i have to work i have to pay for all this this situation is just crazy. The embassy advises him to file a missing persons report after all his children have now been abducted for a 2nd time this time in japan. We decided to pay a visit to the house no ones there. Father in laws wealthy so is he financing his daughters undercover life and that of his abducted grandchildren a neighbor says hes never seen the children. And i know we dont know the family very well have you ever heard the children with. Yes but that was a long time ago maybe the end of last year that little. Later that day the 2nd direct enforcement gets underway everyone knows the children are there but appearances must be maintained the sister in law makes a brief appearance she says she has to leave for a moment but shell be back in 2 hours no one asks her where shes going. To have to pay the bailiff. Then were told nothing will happen as long as were filming we leave. Again it comes to nothing said a nearby playground hes deeply worried about his children. Im just terribly sad so disappointed at what happened so i could cry. Crying in japan is a sign of weakness its humiliating i have the law on my side but i have to keep up to everyone or else theyll just drop the matter. He returns to tokyo. The next day beyond does what hes been doing for years. Hes become an activist on behalf of himself and other victims of child abduction so he informs the German Embassy and the European Union delegation and discusses how to proceed. The oh noes most every documented case in japan later that evening he meets with other fathers to masa purina is here and so is another father from germany who prefers to remain off camera they all agree what needs to be done by the we have to raise awareness of the situation. Every so often people say lets do something lets write a letter to the japanese authorities thats very important we have to keep at it keep raising the issue. But his children are still missing. The Japanese Police arent making much of an effort to find them. After not will return to japan a country that has signed a treaty that its not enforcing. As a father he has no other choice. I am not very creative yet but i would love to be considered an artist one day. Everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence and we are too. Good computers and algorithms one day surpass human creativity. Art on the edge. Or talk of global media for from bob. The next decoupling might be a terrible idea do you know what you used to barbecue your sausages. Charcoal of course the charcoal also from wood cut illegally in tropical forests and seas findings are truly catastrophic whitfield i cant go on like ghost writer. Called an environmental disaster why is the truth so lucrative why is it taking so long to find alternatives in 45 minutes on d w. Earth a home for saving google genius tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas to protect the climate and boost Green Energy Solutions by global ideas be embodied in the series of global 3000 on t. W. And online. I am not very creative yet but i would love to be considered an artist one day i dont think that sophia is that intelligent at the moment why on earth should be construct a robot that looks like a human being ais but the problem of the issue is making sure that we were fairly a radical. Everybodys talking about Artificial Intelligence