In a bind: Chiang Hung-chieh arrives for a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (FCCJ) in Tokyo. — AP
TOKYO: Japan’s once beloved table tennis star Ai Fukuhara is at the centre of a child custody feud following the break-up of her marriage to a Taiwanese player who was also a star in the sport in his country.
On July 27, 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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