The Territory of Japan : : Its History and Legal Basis.

• Author: Serita, Kentaro.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (199 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface to the English Edition -- The Northern Territories: Kunashiri Island, Etorofu Island, the Habomai Islands, and Shikotan Island -- The Senkaku Islands -- Takeshima -- Preface -- Introduction -- Translation Note -- Contents -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: Development of Japanś Territory -- Delimitation and Expansion of Peripheral Territories -- Delimitation of Peripheral Territories in the Late Edo and Meiji Periods -- The Northern Territories, the Kurile Islands, and Sakhalin -- The Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands and Okinawa -- The Senkaku Islands and Takeshima -- Territorial Expansion During the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and World War I -- The Cession of Taiwan and the Liaodong Peninsula -- The Cession of Sakhalin and the Annexation of the Korean Peninsula -- Leases, Settlements, and Special Interests in China, Acquisition of the South Pacific Mandate, and the Creation of Manchukuo -- The End of World War II and Territorial Issues -- Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration -- Drafting the Treaty of Peace with Japan -- The Current State of Japanś Territory -- Renunciation of Japanś Expanded Territory: Korea, Taiwan, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin, and the South Pacific Mandate -- Renunciation of the Kurile Islands and the Issue of the Northern Territories -- Reversion of the Administrative Rights from the US: Amami, Ogasawara (Bonin), and Okinawa -- Clashes with Other Countries ́Sovereignty: Takeshima and the Senkaku Islands -- The Antarctic and Japan -- Chapter 2: The Northern Territories (Kunashiri Island, Etorofu Island, the Habomai Islands, and Shikotan Island) -- Background of the Issue -- Speech by the USSR Representative to the Peace Conference -- Khrushchevś Peaceful Coexistence Policy.

The Era of the New Japan-US Security Treaty and the USSRś Claim That ``Territorial Issues Have Already Been Settled ́́-- Khrushchev Document -- Tanaka-Brezhnev Meetings -- Improvements in Soviet-Japanese and Russia-Japan Relations -- New Thinking Diplomacy Under Gorbachev: Japanś Expanding Equilibrium Policy -- Collapse of the Soviet Union, and President Yeltsinś Law and Justice: Japanś Multilayered Approach -- New Developments in Japan-Russia Relations -- Tokyo Declaration and Krasnoyarsk Agreement/Kawana Proposal -- President Putin and the Irkutsk Statement -- Background of Japan-Russia Negotiations and Measures for Achieving a Solution -- Developments in Japan-Russia Negotiations and Their Significance in the Contemporary Context -- Steps to be Taken for a Resolution -- Chapter 3: The Senkaku Islands -- Chinaś Claim Prompted by Potential Oil Reserves -- Examination of Chinaś Argument and Its Basis -- Analysis of the Arguments that the Senkaku Islands Appertain to Taiwan -- Detailed Examinations of Each of Chinaś Arguments -- Examination of Japanś Argument -- Approaches to a Final Settlement -- Chapter 4: Takeshima -- The Republic of Koreaś Declaration Concerning Maritime Sovereignty: The Origin of the Dispute -- Examining the ROK Sideś Arguments and Their Basis -- Examining the Argument that Takeshima Has Been Korean Territory since Long Ago -- Examining the Argument that Japanś 1905 Territorial Incorporation of Takeshima Is Invalid -- Examining the Argument that in Addition to the Cairo Declaration, a Series of Postwar Measures Confirm Takeshima to be Korean ... -- Examining the Japanese Sideś Arguments -- Approaches to the Takeshima Issue until a Final Decision is Reached -- Chapter 5: Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone -- Classification of the Sea: Territorial Sea, High Seas, and Exclusive Economic Zone -- Territorial Sea.

High Seas: International Waters -- Expansion of the Territorial Sea Breadth from 3 to 12 Nautical Miles -- The 200 Nautical Mile Fishery Zone and 1977 Fishery Zone Temporary Measures Act -- The International Nature of the Delimitation of Maritime Areas -- Trends in the Law of the Sea Leading Up to the Emergence of a 200 Nautical Mile Fishery Zone -- 1977 Act on Temporary Measures Concerning Fishery Waters -- Need for Review from the Perspective of Securing and Distributing Protein Resources of the World -- EEZ Enclosing Marine Resources -- United Nations Conferences on the Law of the Sea -- EEZ as a System Derived from Fishery Zones -- Japan-ROK Agreement on the Continental Shelf and EEZ -- Military Use and Scientific Research in EEZs -- Military Use -- Scientific Research -- 1996 Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf Act -- Enactment, Revision, and Abolition of Domestic Legislation Pursuant to Japanś Ratification of UNCLOS -- Adoption of the Straight Baseline Method for the Territorial Sea -- Incidents Involving Foreign Fishing Vessels Operating in New Territorial Seas -- Treatment of the Seabed Zone in the Act on the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf -- Principle of Delimitation in the Act on the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf -- Changing Relevance of the ``Median Line ́́Claim -- Chapter 6: Exclusive Economic Zones Between Japan and the Republic of Korea, and Japan and China -- Main Causes of Difficulties with Demarcation of Boundaries -- Gap Between the Claims of Japan and the ROK -- Gap Between the Claims of Japan and China -- New Fisheries Agreements Between Japan and China, and Japan and the ROK, and the Establishment of PMZs -- Regulations Leading up to the New Fisheries Agreements -- Provisional Measures Under the New Fisheries Agreements -- Chapter 7: A Proposal for Stability and Coexistence in East Asia.

Acknowledging the Issues: Looking Squarely at the Causes of Instability -- Establishing the Senkaku Islands and Takeshima Nature Reserves -- Other Countries ́Precedents for Dealing with Island Territories -- Characterization of the Senkaku Islands and Takeshima -- Establishing Joint-Use Nature Reserves -- Establishing an International Regime for Preserving the Resources and the Environment in the Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea, and Eas... -- Chapter 8: Territorial Air Space and Air Defense Identification Zones -- Territorial Air Space and Outer Space -- Freedom of Flight for Civil Aircraft -- Air Defense Identification Zones -- Epilogue -- Bibliography.