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IFJC Featured on King5’s New Day Northwest
02/06/2020
Today, Japanese Consul General “Jiro” Yamada and IFJC Co-Founder Naoko Inoue Shatz were featured on King5’s morning news talk program New Day Northwest....
Feb 5, 2020


IFJC testified in Support, and Senate Bill 5984 Passes!
IFJC Co-Founder Naoko Shatz and Executive Director Linda Inagawa testified in strong support for Senate Bill 5984...
Jan 30, 2020


IFJC Testifies in the WA State Senate
Today, IFJC Co-Founder Naoko Shatz and Executive Director Linda Inagawa travelled to Olympia, Washington to testify in support of Senate Bill 5984, authored by Senator Lisa Wellman...
Jan 22, 2020


IFJC Co-Founder Sworn in as Judge
IFJC Co-Founder Anthony Gipe was appointed by the Mayor of Kent to become judge in the Kent Municipal Court. ...
Dec 29, 2019


IFJC Provides Training to the Navy
IFJC Co-Founder Naoko Shatz and Executive Director Linda Inagawa travelled to Bangor Naval Submarine Base in Silverdale...
Oct 7, 2019




Working on issues regarding unfair divorce –part II-
In the last column, I wrote about the reality faced by Japanese women married to an American, who experience domestic violence or unfair divorce proceedings....
May 23, 2019


Working on issues regarding unfair divorce –part I-
In June 2017, not long after I arrived in Seattle, Ms. Naoko Inoue, a legal advisor to the Consulate, visited our office....
May 6, 2019


June 7, 2019 – IFJC Inaugural Gala
Registration has closed.
Event Information:
Location: The Arctic Club Seattle...
Mar 24, 2019


IFJC Featured at Rotary Club of Seattle's International Women's Day Event
On March 6, 2019, honoring International Women’s Day, the Seattle Rotary Club hosted a special event...
Mar 7, 2019


Volunteer lawyers giving immigrant divorcees new hope
K5 NEWS: Volunteer Lawyers Giving Immigrant Divorcees New Hope...
Mar 1, 2019


IFJC Presents Family Law CLE Seminar to Multilingual Attorneys
On February 1, 2019, the IFJC sponsored a CLE Seminar titled, "Family Law for International Marriages....
Feb 11, 2019


Proteger a las mujeres inmigrantes victimizadas, vulnerables y sin voz
(Publicado originalmente el 19 de abril de 2018)
Por Yoichiro Yamada, cónsul general de Japón en Seattle
https://www.seattletimes.com/author/yoichiro-yamada/...
Oct 30, 2018


Esfuerzo de cabildeo asegura fondos para proyecto de ley de familia inmigrante
(Boletín de la barra de abril de 2018, Colegio de Abogados del Condado de King)
Por Naoko Inoue Shatz
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lobbying-effort-secures-funding-immigrant-family-law-project-shatz...
Oct 30, 2018


Defendiendo a los sub-representados
(Boletín de la barra de julio de 2017, Colegio de Abogados del Condado de King)
Por Naoko Inoue Shatz y Anthony David Gipe
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/standing-up-underrepresented-naoko-inoue-shatz...
Oct 22, 2018


IFJC recibió fondos del estado de Washington
El 7 de marzo de 2018, el Gobernador Inslee aprobó y firmó un proyecto de ley que autorizaba algunos fondos para la FICJ...
Oct 22, 2018


Protect victimized, vulnerable, voiceless immigrant wives
在シアトル日本国総領事館、山田洋一郎総領事によるシアトルタイムズへ論説の寄稿 (2018年4月19日)https://www.seattletimes.com/author/yoichiro-yamada/...
Sep 12, 2018


Protect victimized, vulnerable, voiceless immigrant wives
(Originally published April 19, 2018)
By Yoichiro Yamada, Consul General of Japan in Seattle
https://www.seattletimes.com/author/yoichiro-yamada/...
Sep 11, 2018


日本人米国認可弁護士が離婚に悩む日本人のための非営利団体を設立
『アメリカに住む日本人の離婚問題とは? 』http://www.youmaga.com/feature/spotlight/201710_01/...
Aug 23, 2018


Lobbying Effort Secures Funding for Immigrant Family Law Project
(April 2018 Bar Bulletin, King County Bar Association)
By Naoko Inoue Shatz
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lobbying-effort-secures-funding-immigrant-family-law-project-shatz...
Aug 23, 2018
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