THE

JAPANESE ANNUAL
OFINTERNATIONAL LAW

No. 432000

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

No. 43 (2000)
CONTENTSIn Memoriam
Dr. Sueo Ikehara (1919-2000) ............................................ .... Yasuo Ishimoto

1Articles
The Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes in
Historical Perspective - In Commemoration of the Centennial of the First
Hague Peace Conference - .................................................... .Ko Nakamura

3Measures to Ensure Compliance with the Montreal Ozone Protocol- New Institutionalized Reaction to Non-Compliance - ... Tomohito Usuki19Post-W ar Compensation Cases, Japanese Courts and International Law...................................................... ................................... Masahiro Igarashi

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Notes
New Japanese Legislation on Cross-Border Insolvency - As Comparedwith the UNCITRAL Model Law ................................... Kazuhiko Yamamoto

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Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements in Japan
Through Domestic Environmental Legislation ....................... Hisakazu Kato 117

The Japanese Digest of International Law
The Taepodong Missile Incident and the Responses Thereto (1998-1999)...................................................... ........ Kazuhiro Nakatani and Akio Morita 150
Missile Launching above the State Territory - Protests - Countermeasures(Retorsions and/or Reprisals) - Threat or Use of Force and Self-Defense Absence of Prior Notification and ICAOIIMO Rules - Limitation upon theFreedom of the High Seas
Book Reviews .................................................................................................... 163
Judicial Decisions in Japan ................................................................................. 188

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I. Public International Law

Supreme Court, November 30, 1999 ................................................................. 188
Articles 1 and 2 of the Law on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zones Law for Regulation of Fishing Operations by Foreign Nationals -Exercise ofAdjudicatory Jurisdiction over an Illegal Act Committed in an Area Newly
Included in the Territorial Sea by Article 2 (1) of Its Enforcement Order -Article

4 (1) of the Japanese-South Korean Fisheries Agreement (Showa 40 Treaty 26)
J

Osaka High Court, September 25, 1998 ........................................................... 190
Article 2 (1) of the Nationality Law - Articles 2 (l)J 24 (l)J and 24 (3) of theInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Articles 2 and 7 of theConvention on the Rights of the Child - the Acquisition ofJapanese Nationality
by a Child Born to a Japanese Father and a Filipina Mother on the Grounds of theRetrospective Effect of Acknowledgment

Tokyo District Court, June 17, 1999 ................................................................ 192
Article 3 of the Convention Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land Article 31 of the Convention on the Law of Treaties - Claim for Compensation forDamages Resulting from Invalidation of Military Payment Certificate Issued bythe Japanese Military

Hamamatsu Branch of Shizuoka District Court, October 12, 1999 .................... 194
Article 709 of the Civil Law - Articles 2 (1) (d) and 6 of the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Applicability of the Convention to Private Relationships

DirectII. Private International Law
Supreme Court, January 27, 2000 ...................................................................... 197
Succession to Immovables - Choice-of-Iaw Rules to Answer an Incidental Question- The Legitimacy or the Illegitimacy of a Successor

Osaka High Court, February 26, 1999 .............................................................. 201
Shipbuilding Contract - Guarantee - Letter of Guarantee Guaranteeing Refundof 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 DemandGuarantee under English Law

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Tokyo High Court, January 27, 2000 ............................................................... 204
Claim for Order of Destruction and Enjoinment Based on U.S. Patent Rights Territoriality Principle - No Application of Choice of Law Rules - Claim for
Money Damages Based on U.S. Patent Rights - Torts - Lex Loci Delicti
Tokyo High Court, March 16,2000 ................................................................. 209
Copyright on a Telefilm - The Issue of a Tort - International Jurisdiction toAdjudicate
Tokyo District Court, October 1,1997 .............................................................. 212
International Adjudicative Jurisdiction - Parties' Choice of Law Inferred fromthe Circumstances - Governing Law of International Employment Contract Interpretation of German Law
Tokyo District Court, September 22,1999 ....................................................... 216
Claims for Compensation - Article 3 of the Hague Convention Respecting theLaws and Customs of War on Land 1907 - International Customary Law
Concerning the Right of an Individual to Claim Compensation for Damages Article 11 of the Horei (Application of Laws (General) Act) - Tort Claims
against State Act (Supplementary Provision 6) - State Immunity
Mito Family Court, Tsuchiura Branch, February 15, 1999 ................................. 222
Adoption - Governing Law and the Application of Safeguard Clause for theProtection of a Child
Chronological List of Treaties and Other International Agreements Concluded
by Japan in 1999 ........................................................................................ 226
Documents

1. Treaties
BANGLADESH
1. Agreement between Japan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Concerning the Promotion and Protection ofInvestment ............................ 229IAEA
2. Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the Government of Japanand the International Atomic Energy Agency in Implementation of Article
III. 1 and 4 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons ..... 237

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KEDO
3. Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Korean Peninsula
Energy Development Organization on the Provision of Financing for theImplementation of the Light-Water Reactor Project ...................... ............ 249
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
4. Agreement on Fisheries between Japan and the Republic of Korea ............. 253
5.

Convention between Japan and the Republic of Korea for the Avoidance ofDouble Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to262
Taxes on IncomeMALAYSIA
6. Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government ofMalaysia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention ofFiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income ......................................... 283
QATAR
7. Agreement between Japan and the State of Qatar for Air Services ............... 304
SWEDEN
8. Protocol Amending the Convention between Japan and Sweden for theAvoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion withRespect to Taxes on Income ....................................................................... 313
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
9. Agreement Amending the Agreement between the Government of Japanand the Government of the United States of America Concerning
Reciprocal Provision of Logistic Support, Supplies and Services Between
the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Armed Forces of the United Statesof America ................................................................................................. 318
10. Agreement Between the Government of Japan and the Government of theUnited States of America Concerning Cooperation on Anticompetitive
Activities .................................. ...................... ............... ............................ 321

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II. National Legislation
Summary of the Bill for the Law on Recognition and Assistance of a Foreign
Insolvency Proceeding................................................................................. 331

Chronology of Japanese Foreign Affairs .............................................................. 341
Activities
Activities of International Association of Japan........................................... 354
Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan ................................. 356
List of Members ................................................................................................ 361