THE
JAPANESE ANNUAL
OFINTERNATIONAL LAW

No. 381995

THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION OF JAPANTHE JAPANESE ANNUAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

No. 38 (1995)
CONTENTSIn Memoriam

Justice Takeso Shimoda (1908-1995) .......... Shigejiro Tabata

ArticlesThe ILO's Supervision and Japan .................................. Shin-ichi Ago
The General Agreement on Trade in Services - Implementation by Japan..................................................................... Koji Tsuruoka
The Enforcement of the TRIPs Agreement in Japan ..... Nobuhiro Nakayama
Implementation of International Criminal Law - Reconsideration from thePerspective of Japanese Law ............................... Toshiyuki Tanaka

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NoteThe Changing Role of Currency- Toward a Catastrophe ora New System?...................................................................... Kazuaki Sono

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Book Reviews ..........................................................................

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Judicial Decisions in Japan

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Public International Law

Fukuoka High Court, 13 May, 1994 ............................................. lO9Disposition of Refusal of Permission for Re-entry Because of a Refusal to Be
Fingerprinted - Article 12(4) of the International Covenant on Civil andPolitical Rights - Article 22(2) of the Constitution

Osaka High Court, 28 October, 1994 ............ ................................ 118
Alien Registration - Arrest upon Refusal to Be Fingerprinted - Necessity ofArrest for Fear of Fleeing or Concealment of Evidence - Forceful Taking ofFingerprint - Constitutionality of the Obligation for Fingerprinting in AlienRegistration Act - Articles 7 and 26. International Covenant on Civil andPolitical Rights and the Japanese Fingerprinting System

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Tokyo District Court, 15 July, 1994 ...................... ....................... 133
Request for Annulment of Dispositions Which Rejected Grants of Disability
Pensions to Korean Residents Who Had Served as Members of the Japanese Army
during World War II - Constitutionality of the Dispositions under Article
14(1) of the Constitution - Lawfulness of the Family Registration Clause ofParagraph 2 of the Supplementary Additional Rule Appended to the Law for theAssistance to Victims of War and Their Bereaved Families, Which Excludes
Korean Residents in Japan from the Granting of Assistance under the Law.

II.

Private International Law

Supreme Court, 8 March, 1994 ................................................... 142
Succession to the Immovable in Japan -Owned by a Chinese -Renvoi from theLaw of People's Republic of China (affirmed)

Supreme Court, 8 March, 1994 ................................................... 144
Intestate Succession -Validity of Transfer of Share before Distribution -Classification - Law of Republic of China as Lex Successionis as Lex Rei Sitae

Japanese Law

Tokyo High Court, 30 May, 1994 ................................................ 146
Interpretation of Arbitration Clause Clause -The Law Applicable to Arbitration

The Law of the State of New York

Kobe Family Court, 10 May, 1993 ............................................... 148
Custody - Petition by a Japanese Mother against Her Japanese Father Appointment of a Custodian over Their Japanese Children Notwithstanding thePreexisting Court Order by the Illinois County Court

Chronological List of Treaties and Other International Agreements Concluded
by Japan in 1994 ....................................................................... 151
DOCUMENTS
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Treaties

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
1. Agreement between Japan and Brunei Darussalam for Air Services ... 153

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CHINA
2. Protocol Amending the Air Transport Agreement between Japan andthe People's Republic of China ............................................ 161
MONGOLIA
3. Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of162
Mongolia for Air Services
NEPAL
4. Agreement between Japan and the Kingdom of Nepal for Air Services170
SOUTH AFRICA
5. Agreement between Japan and the Republic of South Africa for Air
Services
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TURKEY
6. Agreement between Japan and the Republic of Turkey for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with
Respect to Taxes on Income............................................... 187

VIETNAM7. Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government ofthe Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for Air Services .................. '" 206
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National Legislations

Special Measures Law Concerning the Handling of Legal Business byForeign Lawyers (1986 Act No. 66) ........................................... 215
Chronology of Japanese Foreign Affairs.............................................. 240
ACTIVITIES
Activities of International Law Association of Japan ............................ 251
Activities of Related Academic Association in Japan ............................ 254
List of Members .......................................................................... 258