A bilateral relationship, like any friendship, needs to be based on trust, it needs to be based on honesty, clarity and not putting uncomfortable truths under the table like this egregious wound that it does to your children as well as to left-behind parents of parental child abductions.
Smith emphasizes the importance of honesty in U.S.-Japan relations regarding child abductions.
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