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THE]APANESE ANNUAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

No.49 (2006)
CONTENTS

ArticlesHistorical Functions of Monism with Primacy of International Law - A
View Based on the Japanese Experience during the Early Period of the Allied
Occupation - .......................................................................... .Kaoru Obata1Japanese Blocking Statute against the U.S. Anti-Dumping Act of 1916...................................................... ........................................... Dai Yokomizo

36Overhaul of the J apan-US Tax Treaty in 2003 ........................ Yoshihiro Masui

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Bilateral Air Agreements and Japan ................................ .. Kazuhiro Nakatani

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The Japanese Digest of International Law
Marine Scientific Research in the Waters Where Claims of the Exclusive
Economic Zones Overlap between Japan and the Republic of Korea- Incidents between the Two States in 2006 - ................ .. Atsuko Kanehara
Law of the Sea - Marine Scientific Research - ((the State Concerned)! underArticle 74, Paragraph 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seathe Obligation of Making Every Effort to Enter into Provisional Arrangement of a
Practical Nature - the Obligation Not to Jeopardize or Hamper the Reaching of theFinal Agreement - Exercises of Marine Scientific Research in Disputed Sea Areas- A Prior Notification System

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Book Reviews
Buryokufunso no Kokusaiho (International Law of Armed Conflict), edited by
Shinya Murase and Akira Mayama ......................................... Hisakazu Fujita 123
Evolution of Party Autonomy in International Civil Disputes, edited by Akira
Saito ...................................................................................... .. Koji Takahashi

130
Sogawa Takeo Ronbunshu: Kokusaiho to Sensoihoka (Collected Papers of Prof.
Takeo Sogawa: International Law and an Outlawry of War), edited byShigeru Oda and Yasuo Ishimoto ................................ .. Masaharu Yanagihara 133

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Kokusai Nanminhou no Riron to sono Kokunaiteki Tekiyou (International Refugee

Law: Theory and Domestic Application), by Hiroshi Honma ......... Kohki Abe 136'
Kokusai Soshiki Ho (The Law of International Organizations), by Tetsuo Sato.......................................................................................... .Osamu Nakamura 138
Anzenhosho to Kokusai Hanzai (Security and Transnational Crime), edited byAtsushi Yamaguchi and Kazuhiro Nakatani ................................ Shuichi Furuya 140

Judicial Decisions in Japan
1.

Public International Law

Supreme Court, Judgment, July 21, 2006 ......................................................... 144
State Immunity from Civil Jurisdiction - Restrictive Immunity Theory Modification of the Case Law - Sales Contracts

ExplicitTokyo High Court, Judgment, March 18,2005 ................................................. 149
Article 11 of the Treaty of Peace between Japan and the Republic of China - Article
14(b) of the Treaty of Peace with Japan -Joint Communique Between Japan and thePeople's Republic of China - ((The Three Principles for the Restoration of Relations"
Put forward by the Government of the People's Republic of China -Individual

Claims of Chinese Nationals for Damages Suffered during the Second World War

Osaka High Court, J udgmen t, October 27, 2005 .............................................. 155
Nationality Requirement in the National Pension System - Non-self-executing
Character of Article 2(2) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, andCultural Rights - Interpretation of Article 26 of the International Covenant onCivil and Political Rights in the Social Security Context

Tokyo High Court,Judgment, April 12, 2006 .................................................. 160
Article 1 A (2) of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) Definition of the Term {Being Persecuted' Forced Marriage - Honor Killings

Discrimination against Women -II. Private International Law
Supreme Court, Judgment, December 19,2005 .................... , ........................... 173
Bank - Corporation Tax - Foreign Tax Credit Taxation - Abuse - Euro Bonds - the Cook IslandsInternational Double

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Tokyo High Court, Judgment, December 9, 2004 ............................................. 176
Tokyo District Court, Judgment, May 31, 2004
Chinese Post - Copyright - Moral Rights of Authorship - Novel Published inJapan - Applicable Law - Defamation - Injunction - Published Apology The Laws of the Country Where Protection Is Claimed - Damages - Lex Loci
Delicti (Horei Art. 11) - Succession - National Law of the Descendant (HoreiArt. 26)
Tokyo High Court, Judgment, July 26, 2005 .................................................... 183
Income from a Foreign Business - Deduction from Corporate Income Tax Base (Permanent Establishment) - (Industrial or Commercial Activiti - Treaty for thePrevention of Double Taxation - U.S.-Japan Tax Treaty - Local Tax ActUapan)
Tokyo High Court, Judgment, December 15,2004 ........................................... 186
Carriage of Goods by Sea - Carrier)s Breach of Duty - Wrongful Delivery ofGoods - Claim for Damages - Application of Time-Bar - International
Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading(Hague Rules 1924) - Bill of Lading - Governing Law - International
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
Tokyo District Court, Judgment, October 25, 2005 .......................................... 195
Guaranty Agreement - Claim for Repayment - Jurisdiction based on Obligation
to Perform-Objective Account of Fact - Jurisdiction based upon Related Claims Joinder of Parties - Code of Civil Procedure
Osaka District Court, Judgment, November 9,2004 ......................................... 197
An Instance of Imitation Held Not Covered by Unfair Competition Prevention Act- Form of Merchandise Not Well-known as Indicating Origin of Goods - Conduct
Including Manufacture and Sale of a Product Resembling Form of Another)s Product
Held to Constitute Tort under Civil CodeChronological List of Treaties and Other International Agreements
Concluded by Japan in 2005 ....................................................................... 205
Documents
1. Treaties

MEXICOl. Agreement Between Japan and the U ni ted Mexican States for theStrengthening of the Economic Partnership ................................................... 208

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USA
2. Agreement Between Japan and the United States of America on Social
Security ......................................................................................................... 273
II. National Legislation
The Special Measures Law concerning the Obligation to Return Profits
Obtained pursuant to the Antidumping Act of 1916 of the United States, etc284III. Contemporary Practices and Opinions
l. The Views of the Government of Japan on the Lawsuit against Japanese andOther Companies, Regarding the Sherman Act's Reach under the Foreign
Trade Antitrust Improvements Act (FTAIA) (F Hoffman-La Rosche Ltd. v.
Empagran, S. A.) ............................................................................................ 286
2. The Views of the Government of Japan on the Lawsuit against Japanese andOther Companies, Regarding the Sherman Act's Reach under the Foreign
Trade Antitrust Improvements Act (FTAIA) (lnquivosa S.A. v. Ajinomoto Co.,
Inc.) ............................................................................................................... 298
3. The Views of the Government of Japan on the Motion Filed for aPreliminary Anti-Suit Injunction Enjoying Tokyo Kikai Seisakusyo, Ltd.,and TKS (U.S.A.), Inc., From Filing an Action in Japan under the Special
Measures Law of Japan....................... ..... ...... .... ..................... ..... ................... 310
4. The Japanese Government's View on the United States' Reservations to theUnited Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime ............. 324

Chronology of Japanese Foreign Affairs .......................................................... 326
Activities
1. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan ................................ 337
II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan .................................... 343

Supporting Members ........................................................................................ 349