Japan’s Territory under International Law

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).

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