THE
JAPANESE ANNUALOF
INTERNATIONAL LAW

No. 151971

THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION OF JAPANCONTENTS
PageArticles:
The Character of World Law
in the International Court of JusticeJapan in the United Nations

Kotara Tanaka

1Yasushi. Akashi 23..... .

Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes
and the People's Republic of China ............... Koto Matsudaira 38

Notes:The Japanese Enactment for the Suppression of Unlawful
Seizure of Aircraft and International Law ............... Soji Yamamoto 70
Ratification, par Ie Japon, du Proto cole de Geneve de 1925

Hisakazu Fujita 81

The Territorial Sovereignty over the Senkaku Islandsand Problems on the Surrounding Continental Shelf .... Toshio Okuhara 97

Practice:
Annual Review of Japanese Practice in International Law
VI (1967) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shigeru Oda and Hisashi Owada 107

Activities:
Activities of the International Law Association of Japan ..... Yoshinobu Segawa 146
Judicial Decisions in Japan:
Supreme Court
Japan Supreme Court, October 21, 1969 ...... ..

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International Law-Acknowledgment of Paternity-Conflict of Laws.

High Court
Sapporo High Court, November 6, 1969 .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ., .....

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. 152

International Law-Territorial Waters-Jurisdictional Limits of Domestic
Law.

District Courts
Kushiro District Court, April 21, 1969 ...

158

International Law-Territorial Waters-Jurisdictional Limits of Domestic
Law.

Kyoto District Court, November 22, 1968 .. .. .. .' " .. .. .. .. .. .. .... 165
International Law-Overseas Assets held by Japanese Nationals in South
Korea-No Liability Created when Japanese Government Renounced
National's Interest in Overseas Assets by Treaty.

Tokyo District Court, July 8, 1969 ...... ..... .. .. ..

172

International Law-Force and Effect of International Understandings Not
Raised to Treaty Status.

Tokyo District Court, September 6, 1969 .. ., " "181

International Law-Contracts-Judgment of Foreign Court-Compatibility
with Public Order or Good Morals.

Tokyo District Court, November 8, 1969 ..

. .... 188

International Law-Extradition for Political Crimes-Customary International Law Rule Requiring Refusal to Extradite where Punishment is
Objectively Certain-Damages for Common Law Wife and Child.

Chronology of Japanese Foreign Affairs (1970) ... , ......... .

203

Chronological List of Treaties and Other International Agreements concluded byJapan in 1970 ........ . .. .. . ... ..... .. .. .. .. ..... ............ ... .. 215
Documents:Australia
1. Agreement between Japan and the Commonwealth of Australia for
the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion.... 217
with Respect to Taxes on Income .".. "." .. .. .. ..

Belgium
2. Convention between Japan and the Kingdom of Belgium for the232
Avoidance of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income
Bulgaria
3. Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and the People's
Republic of Bulgaria .... ..... ..... .. .. " .. ., .. .. .. .. ..... 249
India
4. Protocol Modifying and Supplementing the Agreement between Japanand India for the Avoidance of Double Taxation in Respect of Taxes
on Income ... ..... .. ., .. ..... .. .. .. .. ... . . . . . .. .
256

Korea5. Convention between Japan and the Republic of Korea for the Avoidanceof Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect
to Taxes on Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 262
Malaysia
6. Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Governmentof Malaysia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Preventionof Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income ..
282
Mexico7. Convenio de Comercio entre el Japon y los Estados Unidos Mexicanos 301
Netherlands
8. Convention between the Government of Japan and the Governmentof the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the Avoidance of Double306
Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income ..
Philippines
9.

Air Services Agreement between the Government of Japan and the.......... 322
Government of the Republic of the Philippines:Romania
10. Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Japan and the Socialist
Republic of Romania ........ .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. .. . 332

United Kingdom
11. Convention between and the United Kingdom of Great Britain andNorthern Ireland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Preven.. .. .. 339
tion of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income
United Nations
12. Agreement between the Government of Japan and the United Nations

Development Programme concerning Assistance for the Establishment... 357
and Operation of the Asian Statistical Institute
U.S.A.
13. Exc:hange of Notes between the Government of Japan and the Government of the United States of America concerning Certain Fisheries off.. .. .. .. ..
376
the Coast of the United States of America
U.S.A.
14. Exchange of Notes between the Government of Japan and the Government of the United States of America Regarding the King Crab and. . . .. 378
Tonner Crab Fisheries in the Eastern Bering Sea
U.S.S.R.
15. Exchange of Notes concerning the Crab Fisheries
List of Members ............................................... .

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