The effective way to confirm this is to be interviewed by someone else. The deeper the relationship with our father is, the better.
Since Attorney Matsui always cared for our sentiments and he himself was finally allowed to interview our father, he might also have thought that it would be a good time for our father to meet his children. Attorney Matsui asked us,
"Would you like to visit your father? There is a chance if we request the court to partially release visitation prohibition. It is not 100% sure, but would you like me to try to request release?"
When visitation is prohibited, visitation by people other than defense attorneys is allowed if partial release of visitation prohibition is requested and the Court accepts it accordingly.
It was not easy for us to "live", who continued to be treated as children of a vicious offender in Japan. Our only hope was to see and talk with our father someday, regardless of such hardship and discouragement.
The third daughter Rika was unable to observe the father's trial due to various reasons, and was not allowed to see our father in the courtroom.
The second daughter Umi visited the father's court, she barely saw her father even when she went to observe the trial because of prison guards surrounding him. Rika was still envious of her older sister, since she was able to see him even at the slightest. If she was allowed to visit him, it would be the first time for her to see her father after his arrest.
We instantaneously replied,
"Yes, We would like to see him by all means. Please request the court."
We were very thankful for his proposal that sounded like a miracle, especially because we had almost given up seeing him at least until final judgment.
