THE
JAPANESE ANNUALOF
INTERNATIONAL LAW

No. 391996

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

No. 39 (1996)
CONTENTS

ArticlesJustice and Stability in the International Legal Order - An Essay in Legal
Analysis of the Contemporary International Order - ............ Hisashi Owada

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National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention in Japan- Its Relevance and Irrelevance to the Tokyo Subway Incident ..................................................................................... Masahiko Asada19

The Recognition of Foreign Judgments by the Japanese Courts...................................................................................... Morio Takeshita

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The Japan-US Security Treaty and Japanese Laws .................. Takeo Matsuda

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Some Fundamental Relations Between US Forces Bases in Japan and theDomestic Laws of Japan ....................................................... Hiroshi Honma 101
The Conclusion by Japan of the United Nations Convention on the Law ofthe Sea (UNCLOS) and the Adjustment of Maritime Legal Regime.................................................................................... Toshihisa Takata 124
Notes
Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms ofDiscrimination Against Women Within Japan ....................... Sayoko Kodera 149
Draft Articles on the Law Applicable to Contractual and Non-Contractual
Obligation (1) .......................................................................................... .
The Study Group of the New Legislation of Private International Law 185
Contemporary Practices and Opinions
The Oral Statement by the Delegation of Japan on the Cases Concerning theLegality of the Use of Nuclear Weapons ...................................................... 217
Amicus Curiae Brief of the Government of Japan ......................... ....... .... ...... 236

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Book Reviews................................................................................................ 245

Judicial Decisions in JapanI.

Public International Law

Tokyo District Court, February 28, 1995 .................................................... 259
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act - Application for Recognitionof Refugees Status by a Foreign National Staying in Japan - Action for
Revocation of the Disposition Not to Recognize the Plaintiff as a Refugee - The
Day the Plaintiff Became Aware of the Circumstances in Connection with WhichHe May Become a Refugee - "Unavoidable Circumstances!! Provided for in theProviso of Article 61-2(2) of the Act - Validity of the Limitation on theApplication Period for Recognition

Tokyo District Court, July 27, 1995 ........................................................... 265
Claims for Compensatory Damages, Publication of an Apology, Restoration ofHonor-Korean Nationals allegedly Murdered by the Japanese Military Police
After World War II - Article 724 of Civil Code - Article 3 of the Hague
Convention (1907) - International Customary Law Concerning the Rights ofVictims to Damages
267
Osaka District Court, October 11, 1995
Request for Annulment of Dispositions Which Rejected Grants of Disability
Pensions to Korean Residents in Japan Who Had Served as Members of theJapanese Imperial Army during World War II - Request for Confirmation ofthe Status to Receive Protection as Soldiers or Army Civilian Employees Under theLaw for the Assistance to Victims of War and Their Bereaved Families

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Private International Law

Tokyo District Court, October 27,1995 ..................................................... 272
Jurisdiction - Claim for Damages on the Grounds of Tort by the United States- Federal Acquisitions Regulation of the United States
Kyoto Family Court, March 31, 1994 ......................................................... 275
Right of Access - Petition by a French Father against His Japanese Wife, theMother of Their Child - Domicile (Habitual Residence) of a Child as aGrounds ofJurisdiction - Non-recognition of a French Decree - Right of AccessCONTENTS

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under Japanese Law

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Kobe Family Court, July 27,1994
Renunciation of Succession by a Japanese Widow -Movables Owned by aDeceased Indian Husband Formerly Domiciled inJapan -Interpersonal Rules ofIndia -Renvoi Accepted

Chronological List of Treaties and Other International Agreements Concluded
by Japan in 1995 ........................................................................................... 280

Documents
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Treaties

HUNGARY
1. Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government ofthe Republic of Hungary for Air Services ......................................... 282
JORDAN
2. Agreement between Japan and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for
Air Services .......... .......................................... ................. ...... .......... 291
SINGAPORE
3. Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government ofthe Republic of Singapore for the Avoidance of Double Taxation andthe Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income299
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
4. Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government ofthe United States of America Concerning Cross-Waiver of Liabilityfor Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Space for Peaceful318
Purposes
VIETNAM
5. Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government ofthe Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for the Avoidance of Double
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes
on Income ....................................................................................... 323

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CHINA, KOREA, POLAND, RUSSIA and USA
6. Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Re
sources in the Central Bering Sea ..................................................... 344
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National Legislations

Law on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone354
Law on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf ........ 357
Enforcement Order of the Law on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone .................................................................................. 360

Chronology of Japanese Foreign Affairs ..... .......... ............................................ 379
Activities
Activities of International Law Association of Japan
390
Activities of Related Academic Association in Japan ......... ................. .......... 392
List of Members ............................................................................................... 396