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.