THE
JAPANESE ANNUALOF

INTERNATIONAL lAW

No. 482005

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

No.48 (2005)
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The United Nations and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security- The Current Debate in the Light of Reform Proposals - ..... Hisashi Owada

1Nationality of Children Born out of Wedlock under Japanese Law - RecentDevelopments in the Case Law - .......................................... Yasuhiro Okuda

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International Corporate Law in Japan - Recent Developments ...................................................... ........................................ Tomotaka Fujita

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The Legal Basis of Missile Defense - An Examination of the JapaneseSituation - ...................................................... ................ Tomohiro j\tIikanagi

65Intellectual Property in Japanese Private International Law ..... Yuko Nishitani

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The Japanese Digest of International Law

Fisheries Law Enforcement by Japan in Its Exclusive Economic Zone and Hot
Pursuit from the Exclusive Economic Zone onto the High Seas of a Foreign
Vessel Which Failed to Obey an Order to Heave to ............ ....Atsuko Kanehara 109
Fisheries by Foreigners in the Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone - Fisheries Law
Enforcement over a Foreign Vessel by a Com'tal State of the ExclltSive Economic Zone Hot Pursuit - Requirement.r for Commencement of Hot Pursuit - Hot Pursuit fromExclusive Economic Zone onto Exclusive Economic Zone of the State Whose Flag theTargeted Vessel is Flying - Prompt Release with Posting a Cash Bond - A"Reasonable" Cash BondThe Incident of a Submarine NavIgating Underwater in Japan's Territorial Sea........................................................................................... Yttkiya Hamamoto 123
Submerged Navigation of a Foreign Submarine in Territorial Sea - Demands forApology, Explanation and Non-Repetition - Apology and Regret - Measures to beTaken by a Coastal State of Territorial Sea against a Foreign Submarine Conducting
an Underwater Navigation

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Book Reviews

East Asian and Ellropean Perspectives on International Law, edited by Michael
Stolleis and Masaharu Yanagihara ................................................. Taira Nishi 130
Heiwa-Kochiklf to Ho no Sihai - KoktlSai-Heiwa-Katsudo no Rironteki Kinouteki
BUllSeki (Peace-building and the Rule of Law - Theoretical and Functional
Analyses of International Peace Operations), by Hideaki Shinoda....................................................... ...................................... .Hironobu Sakai 133
jimhllJabetsll Teppai joyaku to Nihol7 (An Analysis of the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, andImplication of the Convention on Japan), by Masanao Murakami.............................................................................................. .. Slmz Hae Bong 134
Kaiyoho no Rekishiteki Tenkai (Historical Development of the Law of the Sea),
edited by Tadao Kuribayashi and Takane Sugihara .............. .. AtJUko Kanehara 136
Kokmai "Go'i"ron josetsu - Hotekikosokuryoku wo Yushinai Kokusai "Go'i" nitsuite (On International Agreements - The Function of Non-legally Binding
Agreements in the International Community), by Koichiro Nakamura............................................................................................... .. Ryo Yamamoto 139
Kokusekiho to Kokusaioyakoho (Nationality Law and International Family Law),
by Yasuhiro Okuda ...................................................... ............ Shoichi Kidana 142
Kokusai Torihiki ni okeru Shiho no Touitsu to Kokusai-shiho (Unification ofPrivate Law and Private International Law for Cross-border Transactions), byAkira Takakuwa ...................................................................... .. .Kazttaki Sono 146
Ryokai Keibi no Hokozo (The Legal Structure of the Defense of TerritorialWaters), by Rekizou Murakami ................................................. Norio Tanaka 148
Judical Decisions in Japan

1.

Public International Law

Tokyo High Court, Judgment, June 8, 2004 ...................................................... 151
Sovereign Immunity - Exemption Fom Taxation - Paragraph 1 of Article 183 of
the Income Tax Law - Income Tax Law Basic Circular 121-5 - Liability forWithholding Income Tax on 'Y'ages Paid to Locally Hired Employees of Foreign
M issiom in japan

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Hiroshima High Court, Judgment, July 9,2004 ............................................... 154
Article 14(b) of the Treaty of Peace with Japan - Article 11 of the Treaty of Peacebetween Japan and the Republic of China - Paragraph 5 of the Joint Communiquebetween Japan and the People's Republic of China - The Right to Claim
Compensation for Damages of People Brought to Japan against Their Will and theRenunciation Clause of the Right to Make Stich Claims in the Joint C01lZlllunique
Tokyo District Court, Judgment, February 25, 2004......................................... 160
Article 1 A(2) of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) - Definitionof the Term 'Re/ttgee' - Eligibility of a Homosexual Person for Re/ttgee StattlS
Osaka District Court, Judgment, March 9,2004 ............................................... 164
Article 14(3)(b) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Right to a Fair Trial - Right to Communicate with Counsel - General Commentsof the Human Rights Committee - United Nations Resoilltions on the Right toCommunicate with Cottnsel- Articles 31(3) and 32 of the Vienna Convention on
the Law of Treaties - Invocation of the General Comments in Domestic Courts

II. Private International Law
Supreme Court, Judgment, July 8, 2004 ............................................... , ........... 168
Child of a Japanese Mother - Acknowledgment by Korean Father - New
Nationality Act - Effect of the Treaty of Peace with Japan - LOH of Japanese
Nationality Denied
Osaka High Court, Judgment, April 9, 2003 .................................................... 171
Recognition of Foreign Judgment - Judgment of a People's Republic of China
People's Court - Reciprocity Lacking in the Sense of Article 118 (iv) of the Code ofCivil Procedure - Effect Not Recognized in JapanTokyo High Court, Judgment, January 29, 2004 ............................................... 176
Reasonable Remuneration - Assignment Contract - Foreign Patent Rights Right to Obtain a Foreign Patent - Employee Invention - Applicable Law Principle of Territoriality - Sltccession of Patent Rights
Tokyo High Court, Judgment, March 30, 2004 ................................................. 184
Letter of Credit - Post-Payment Negotiation Method - Uniform CIIStoms andPractice for DOCllmentary Credits (UCP 500) - Discrepancy - iVIeaning of'Giving of Value'Tokyo District Court, Judgment, January 30, 2004 ........................................... 186
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Tokyo District Court, Judgment, February 24, 2004......................................... 191
Employee Invention Rights Law -Right to Obtain a Patem -Claim for Remuneration -Patent Rights -Appropriate Rermmeration -Assignment ofApplicablePrinciple of Tenitoriality

Chronological List of Treaties and Other International Agreements
Concluded by Japan in 2004 .... ............... ....... ... ... ..... ...... ......... ...... ...... ...... 198
Documents

1. Treaties
USA
1. Convention Between the Government of Japan and the Government of theUnited States of America for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and thePrevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income ....................... 200
2. Agreement Amending the Agreement Between the Government of Japan andthe 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 States of America ............ 233
UZBEKISTAN
3. Agreement Between Japan and the Republic of Uzbekistan for Air Services .... 238
VIETNAM
4. Agreement Between Japan and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for theLiberalization, Promotion and Protection of Investment ... .... .... ......... ... ..... .... 249
II. National Legislation
The Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act. ........... ..... ... ...... ....... ... 265

Chronology of Japanese Foreign Affairs ......................................................... 323
Activities

1. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan ................................ 329
II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan .................................... 334
Supporting Members ....................................................................................... 339