Articles by Eryk Bagshaw

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Australian dad arrested in Japan after trying to see his abducted child

“There’s nothing I can do in this country,” Miko said Kavanagh told her when she visited him in detention on Wednesday. “I just want to die.” A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) spokesperson said the Australian embassy was providing consular assistance to an Australian detained in Japan. “Owing to our privacy obligations, we are unable to provide further comment,” the spokesperson said. Ninety Australian children have been abducted by their Japanese parent since 2004, according to figures from DFAT. They include the children of Melbourne mother Catherine Henderson, who were abducted six years ago when they were 10 and 14.