An Australian man faces the prospect of three years in jail in Japan after a desperate bid to track down his two young children, who were taken by their mother in May without his consent…

In 2014, Japan ratified an international convention that will reduce international child snatching and help return children to their home country..

After years of refusing to sign, Japan on Jan. 24 officially joined the Hague convention that governs cross-border child custody disputes that result from broken marriages…

Mr Wass’s son, Sean Jukia Wass, has vanished in Japan after being taken from Australia by his former partner, Yuka, when he was just 14-months-old…