THE

JAPANESE ANNUALOF

INTERNATIONAL LAW

No. 421999

THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION OF.JAPANTHE]APANESE ANNUAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

No. 42 (1999)
CONTENTS
ArticlesNew Fishing Order - Japan's New Agreements on Fisheries with theRepublic of Korea and with the People's Republic of China - .................... ..
Nobukatsu Kanehara and Yutaka Arima
Establishment of the International Criminal Court - Historic Significanceof the Rome Statute - ......................................................... Hisakazu Fujita

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The Japanese Digest of International Law
Introductory Note ................................................................. Naoya Okuwaki

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National Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions(1990-1998) ....................................... Koichi Morikawa and Ryo Yamamoto 66
Coercive Measures Short of the Use of Force - Legitimate Use of Force Collective Measures of the United Nations - Legal Effect of Acts ofInternational Organizations - Relationship between International Law andInternal Law - Application and Implementation of International Law inInternal Law - National Implementation of United Nations Security Council
Resolutions The Japanese Legal System Concerning Innocent Passage of Foreign Vessels(1990-1998) ...................................................................... Atsuko Kanehara
Territorial Sea - Jurisdiction Over Vessels (Coastal State) - Innocent Passage- Warships - Application and Implementation of International Law inInternal Law

90Book Reviews.................................................................................................... III
Judicial Decisions in Japan
1. Public International Law
Tokyo High COutt, April 24, 1997 ............................................................... 129
Articles 1, 2, and 69 of the Daily Life Security Law - Articles 14 and 25 of
the Constitution ofJapan - Applicability of the Daily Life Security Law to aForeigner Illegally Remaining inJapan - The Universal Declaration of HumanRights - Articles 2 and 9 of the International Covenant on Economic, Socialand Cultural Rights - Direct and Indirect Applicability of International
Human Rights Instruments in Domestic Courts

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Hiroshima High Court, Matsue Branch, September 11, 1998 ........................ 132
Law for Regulation of Fishing Operations by Foreign Nationals - JapaneseKorean Fisheries Agreement - The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea Adjudicatory Jurisdiction in the Extended Territorial Sea - Fishery Zone Straight Baseline - Relationship between Municipal and International Law
Tokyo High Court, December 25, 1998 ........................................................ 138
Demand for the Cessation of Nighttime Takeoffs and Landings by United States
Military Aircraft and for Compensation for the Suffering Caused by the Aircraft
Noise - State Immunity - Immunity Based on Article 18(5) of the JapanU.S. Agreement under Article VI of the Japan-U.S. Treaty of Mutual
Cooperation and Security
Tokyo District Court, November 30, 1998 .................................................... 143
Article 3 of the Hague Convention on Land Warfare (1907) - Rights ofIndividuals to Make Claims for Compensatory Damages - Rights of Individuals
in General under International Law - Direct Applicability of Treaties Articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties - Methodsof Treaty Interpretation - Preparatory Work - Subsequent Practices International Customary Law
II. Private International Law
Supreme Court, March 12, 1998 .................................................................... 152
Nationality of an Illegitimate Child and the Treaty of Peace with Japan - a
Child of a Japanese Mother and a Korean Father - Public Order
Supreme Court, April 28, 1998 ..................................................................... 155
Enforcement of Foreign Judgment - Judgment by a Court in Hong Kong Interest Not Mentioned in the ForeignJudgment
Tokyo High Court, February 26, 1998 .......................................................... 161
Enforcement of Foreign Judgment - Judgment by a State Court in Minnesota Enforcement of the "Immediate Income Withholding" - Indirect International
Adjudicatory Jurisdiction
Osaka High Court, June 10, 1998 ................................................................. 165
Jurisdiction Over on Attachment of Debt - Third Party Debtor in ForeignCountry-

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Kobe District Court, November 10, 1997 ..................................................... 167
Shipbuilding Contract - Guarantee - Letter of Guarantee Guaranteeing
Refund of Advance Payments Made by Panamanian Company to Japanese
Shipbuilding Company - Letter of Guarantee Issued by Japanese Bank Letter of Guarantee Providing for the Application of English Law - Whether It
Is a Demand Guarantee under English Law.
Tokyo District Court, October 9, 1998 .......................................................... 170
Philippine Victims Treated as "Comfort Women" - Article 3 of the Hague
Convention of 1907 - Crime against Humanity - Article 11 of the Act
Concerning the Application of Laws - Article 724 of the Civil Code - theDoctrine of Sovereign Immunity
Chronological List of Treaties and Other International Agreements Concludedby Japan in 1998 .................................................................. ,........................ 184
Documents
BAHRAIN
1. Agreement between Japan and the State of Bahrain for Air Services.......... 187
OMAN
2. Agreement between Japan and the Sultanate of Oman for Air Services ..... 196
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
3. Agreement between Japan and the United Arab Emirates for Air Services

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UNITED KINGDOM
4. Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for Co-operationin the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy..................................................... 214
Chronology of Japanese Foreign Affairs .............................................................. 225
Activities
Activities of International Association of Japan.............................................. 240
Activities of Related Academic Association in Japan...................................... 242
List of Members ................................................................................................. 247