BOOK: Masaharu YANAGIHARA & Atsuko KANEHARA (eds.), Japan’s Territory under International Law (Leiden: Brill, 2024). ISBN: 978-90-04-70636-1, € 144.16

(Source: Brill)

ABOUT THE BOOK

Series: Legal History Library, Volume: 69/25; Studies in the History of International Law, Volume: 69/25

This volume sheds light on Japan's territorial situation from a unique perspective by analyzing the historical evolution of the concept of “territory” and the various legal theories on resolving territorial disputes. Each of the chapters in this book presents multiple points of view that provide significant insight into the resolution of Japan’s territorial issues, such as those concerning the Northern Territories, Takeshima, and the Senkaku Islands. This book will be a valuable and useful resource to practitioners, researchers, and even members of the general public with an interest in territorial disputes.

Contributors are: Masaharu Yanagihara, Tadashi Mori, Tetsuya Yamada, Yuichi Sasaki, Atsuko Kanehara, Tomofumi Kitamura, Hironobu Sakai, Tomoko Fukamachi, and Dai Tamada.

ABOUT THE EDITORS

Masaharu Yanagihara, Ph.D. (1981), University of Tokyo, is Professor at the Open University of Japan. His main article in English is “Significance of the History of the Law of Nations in Europe and East Asia,” Recueil des cours 371 (2015).

Atsuko Kanehara, LL.B., University of Tokyo, is Research Director for the Canon Institute for Global Studies. Her main article in English is “Refining Japan’s Integrative Position on the Territorial Sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands,” International Law Studies 97 (2021).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

Part 1

Defining the Territory of Modern Japan

1 Incorporation of Remote Islands into the Territory of Japan Focusing on Iō-tō and Minami-Tori-shima

  Masaharu Yanagihara

2 Ryūkyū Attribution Issue and Ernest Satow Assessment of the Newspapers Debate between Japan and Qing and Its Background

  Tadashi Mori

Part 2

Territorial Extensions in Modern Japan

3 Acquisition of “Colonies” and Legal System of Japan

  Tetsuya Yamada

4 The Concept of Leaseholds from the Perspective of Modern Japan

  Yuichi Sasaki

Part 3

Intent and Time in Territorial Disputes

5 The Arguments Based on “Law” in Territorial Disputes

  Atsuko Kanehara

6 Significance of Silence in Territorial Disputes Toward Legal Construction on “75 Years of Silence” regarding the Senkaku Islands (Pinnacle Islands)

  Tomofumi Kitamura

7 Temporal Elements and Their Regulation in Determining Territorial Disputes Practical Application to Territorial Disputes of Japan

  Hironobu Sakai

Part 4

Territorial Disputes in International Courts and Tribunals

8 Application and Evaluation of “Pre-modern/Non-European Territorial Control” in International Courts and Tribunals

  Tomoko Fukamachi

9 Recognition of the Existence of Territorial Sovereignty Disputes in International Courts and Tribunals The Use of the Coastal State Litigations before the Annex vii  Arbitration of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

  Dai Tamada

  Conclusion

  Atsuko Kanehara

Index of Cases