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In 2013, Chie Kawabata abducted her five-year-old son, defying a U.S. court order forbidding her from taking him to Japan and another that named her ex-husband as the primary parent.

But even though there is an international warrant for her arrest, Kawabata is vice-president at a multinational pharmaceutical company in Tokyo.

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A few years ago, Kawabata — who has dual U.S.-Japanese citizenship — got a Japanese court order granting her custody of Max. But when she tried to register it in the United States and overturn the previous orders, her request was denied.

So, Maximus Kawabata-Morness is still officially missing. Max, as he’s known, is now 11. He’s spent more time in Japan than the United States, where he was born, or with his Canadian father in Vancouver, which is where a Washington state judge determined that Max should be living.

Except for occasional Skype calls, Kris Morness hasn’t seen his son since July 2013 and knows very little about how his son is doing. There are also infrequent emails.