4 Japanese Implementation of the United Nations Convention …
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4.5 Conclusion
When Japan ratified the UNCLOS in 1996, Japan arranged some laws to implement
the UNCLOS. However, “domestic laws have not well been arranged” for implementing the UNCLOS in Japan “in order to secure our country’s national interests
concerning the sea and to fulfill our international obligations concerning the sea.”
This has been highlighted in the resolutions which have been adopted when the
National Diet’s committees passed the bill for the Basic Act on Ocean Policy. Since
the Basic Act on Ocean Policy was enacted in 2007, in the face of the increase of
the maritime safety and security-related issues occurring in the waters surrounding
Japan and on the high seas, Japanese laws mainly regarding maritime safety and
security have much progressed.
References
Akaha, T. (1989). Internalizing international law: Japan and the regime of navigation under the un
convention on the law of the sea. Ocean Development & International Law, 20(2), 113–139.
Okuwaki, N. (2008). The basic act on ocean policy and Japan’s agenda for legislative improvement.
Japanese Yearbook of International Law, 51(2008), 164–216.
Tsuruta, J. (2011) The Japanese Act on the punishment of and measures against piracy. The Aegean
Review of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law, 1(2), 237–245.
Tsuruta, J. (2012). Japanese implementation of the UNCLOS: The act on navigation of foreign
ships in the territorial sea and internal waters. Journal of East Asia and International Law, 5(1),
279–282.
Tsuruta, J. (2013a). Guanabara case -the First Prosecution of Somali Pirates under the Japanese
Piracy Act. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 28(4), 719–728.
Tsuruta, J. (2013b). Japanese laws and regulations for enforcing the public duty performance at sea
against foreign ships. Journal of East Asia and International Law, 6(1), 268–273.
Tsuruta, J. (2018). The Sea Shepherd Case of 2007-2008: Interferences with Japanese vessels
whaling for “Researching” the maritime ecosystem. Meiji Gakuin law journal, 105, 195–213.
Tsuruta, J. (2019a). Japanese measures against the protection and preservation of the marine
environment under the UNCLOS and the IMO Treaties. Meiji Gakuin law journal, 106, 93–116.
Tsuruta, J. (2019b). Side Reader on International Law, 2nd edition (in Japanese). Tokyo: Seibundoh.
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4.5 Conclusion
When Japan ratified the UNCLOS in 1996, Japan arranged some laws to implement
the UNCLOS. However, “domestic laws have not well been arranged” for implementing the UNCLOS in Japan “in order to secure our country’s national interests
concerning the sea and to fulfill our international obligations concerning the sea.”
This has been highlighted in the resolutions which have been adopted when the
National Diet’s committees passed the bill for the Basic Act on Ocean Policy. Since
the Basic Act on Ocean Policy was enacted in 2007, in the face of the increase of
the maritime safety and security-related issues occurring in the waters surrounding
Japan and on the high seas, Japanese laws mainly regarding maritime safety and
security have much progressed.
References
Akaha, T. (1989). Internalizing international law: Japan and the regime of navigation under the un
convention on the law of the sea. Ocean Development & International Law, 20(2), 113–139.
Okuwaki, N. (2008). The basic act on ocean policy and Japan’s agenda for legislative improvement.
Japanese Yearbook of International Law, 51(2008), 164–216.
Tsuruta, J. (2011) The Japanese Act on the punishment of and measures against piracy. The Aegean
Review of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law, 1(2), 237–245.
Tsuruta, J. (2012). Japanese implementation of the UNCLOS: The act on navigation of foreign
ships in the territorial sea and internal waters. Journal of East Asia and International Law, 5(1),
279–282.
Tsuruta, J. (2013a). Guanabara case -the First Prosecution of Somali Pirates under the Japanese
Piracy Act. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 28(4), 719–728.
Tsuruta, J. (2013b). Japanese laws and regulations for enforcing the public duty performance at sea
against foreign ships. Journal of East Asia and International Law, 6(1), 268–273.
Tsuruta, J. (2018). The Sea Shepherd Case of 2007-2008: Interferences with Japanese vessels
whaling for “Researching” the maritime ecosystem. Meiji Gakuin law journal, 105, 195–213.
Tsuruta, J. (2019a). Japanese measures against the protection and preservation of the marine
environment under the UNCLOS and the IMO Treaties. Meiji Gakuin law journal, 106, 93–116.
Tsuruta, J. (2019b). Side Reader on International Law, 2nd edition (in Japanese). Tokyo: Seibundoh.