Adopting from Japan??

[ohthechiasmus]

So I plan on in the future adopting a child (ages 4-6) from Japan and I'm trying to learn all that I can about the process. Does anyone have any websites or tips they can give me? I don't plan on attempting the process for another 3-4 years but I want to be well learned by then so it can all go smoothly! I am very serious about this and have thought about it ever since my husband and I got together 2 years ago. 

[jen1130]

I am in an adoption group and have adopted 4 times myself all USA adoptions....I have never heard of anyone adopting from Japan.....1 of my daughters is Cambodian her best friend is adopted from China....but never heard of an adoption from Japan ....

[ohthechiasmus]

Yeah they have them lol its VERY hard you have to literally wait like two to three years and go and live in Japan for a little whie and everything they don't like adopting their children to people outside of Japan. I've read up on it and watched documentaries but the process is so complicated I don't know where to start. People adopt internationally all the time :) 

[jen1130]

Yes I know lots of people who adopt Internatioanly all the time but the counrties who allow this are either very poor and or limit the family size. Japan is not really like that. I love Japan so if it works thats cool.

[ohthechiasmus]

Yeah it's supposed to be one of the very hardest to adopt from. I'm probably going to move there and do my research and work there for a few years and try and earn dual citizen ship so I have a higher chance of being on of the less than 10 that can adopt every few years x.x