Acknowledgments
It is acknowledged that this edited volume is a cooperative outcome between
Chinese and Japanese scholars specialising international law and generated through
the on-going progress of the East Asia Forum of International Law initiated by the
Waseda University in Japan and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. The
first meeting of the Forum was held in Shanghai in August 2016, second in Tokyo
in November 2017, and third in Shanghai in October 2018. The scheduled
fourth one has been postponed due to the Covid-19. We gratefully render our
thanks to Prof. Haruo Nishihara, Prof. Zhen Wang, Prof. Hiroyuki Banzai and
Prof. Yongming Jin.
This is a good beginning for the legal scholars from the two countries to focus on
some salient issues in international law and to contribute to the solution of these
issues. The law of the sea has certainly become the top priority in our cooperative
and research agenda as it is so important to both China and Japan.
Finally, we render our sincere thanks to all the contributors to this book. Without
their firm and consistent support, it is impossible that this book comes into being.
We also very much appreciate Springer which has accepted and eventually published the book.
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It is acknowledged that this edited volume is a cooperative outcome between
Chinese and Japanese scholars specialising international law and generated through
the on-going progress of the East Asia Forum of International Law initiated by the
Waseda University in Japan and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. The
first meeting of the Forum was held in Shanghai in August 2016, second in Tokyo
in November 2017, and third in Shanghai in October 2018. The scheduled
fourth one has been postponed due to the Covid-19. We gratefully render our
thanks to Prof. Haruo Nishihara, Prof. Zhen Wang, Prof. Hiroyuki Banzai and
Prof. Yongming Jin.
This is a good beginning for the legal scholars from the two countries to focus on
some salient issues in international law and to contribute to the solution of these
issues. The law of the sea has certainly become the top priority in our cooperative
and research agenda as it is so important to both China and Japan.
Finally, we render our sincere thanks to all the contributors to this book. Without
their firm and consistent support, it is impossible that this book comes into being.
We also very much appreciate Springer which has accepted and eventually published the book.
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