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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mari Yamaguchi

In Japan, which bans dual custody, a table tennis star refuses to hand back her son to her ex

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Japan’s once beloved table tennis star Ai Fukuhara is at the center of a child custody feud following the breakup of her marriage to a Taiwanese player who was also a star in the sport in his country.

On Thursday, her former husband Chiang Hung-chieh and his lawyers demanded Fukuhara return their younger child she took to Japan last year and has since refused to send back in alleged breach of a joint custody agreement.

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