"There is nothing, I can do Minerva. The law has passed and I have no sway over the Wizengamot like in the past, when James was Lord Potter and Regent Peverell and Gryffindor, and Sirius was Lord Black. The only way to regain power is to find the John's twin, but since the boy is in Japan. There is nothing I can do and Minerva, I have already explained, why I can’t force Japan to return the boy."