Volume 68 (2025)
CONTENTS
IN MEMORIAM
- Yuji Iwasawa
- Judge Shigeru Oda (1924–2025)
- 1
ARTICLES
CHALLENGES FOR INTER-STATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN THE ERA OF MULTILATERAL DISPUTES
- Dai Tamada
- Introductory Note
- 5
- Dai Tamada
- Inference of Disputes: A Key Element for Multilateralising Dispute Settlement
- 7
- Xinjun Zhang
- The Judicial Protection of Community Interests at the World Court:
Evolution, Progress, and Challenges
- 31
- Béatrice Bonafé
- The Sound Administration of Justice in Multilateral Dispute Settlement
- 70
- Kei Nakajima
- Multilateral Evidence-Gathering and Fact-Finding
- 91
- Christian J. Tams
- Unprecedented “Waves” and “Damp Squibs”: What to Make of the Recent Surge of Interventions in ICJ Proceedings?
- 110
- Juliette McIntyre
- Legal Effect of Judgments in Multilateral Dispute Settlement
- 146
- Alina Miron
- The Legal Implications of Advisory Opinions on Dispute Settlement
- 183
CURRENT STATE AND ISSUES OF JAPAN’S GOVERNANCE IN A DIGITAL AND AI-IMPLEMENTED SOCIETY:
FOCUSING ON CONSUMER, INFORMATION, AND COMPETITION LAW
- Emiko Maruyama & Takami Hayashi
- Introductory Note
- 213
- Takehiro Ohya
- Algorithm, Society, and Consumers
- 215
- Emiko Maruyama
- Personalized Pricing
— Intersection of Information Law, Competition Law,
and Consumer Law —
- 227
- Kaori Ishii
- Regulating Dark Patterns
— Current Frameworks and Future Directions in Consumer
and Information Law —
- 247
- Sayako Takizawa
- Abuse of a Superior Bargaining Position in Japan:
Current Trends Focusing on Digital Platform Regulations
- 278
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Yasue Mochizuki
- Debating Universal Jurisdiction for Serious Human Rights Violations
— Implications of ASEAN States’ Practices —
- 286
JAPANESE DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
- SAMATA Norihito
- Development Cooperation Charter of Japan
Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) — ODA Charter — Development Cooperation Charter — Request Basis Principle — Non-Intervention Principle — Human Security — Peace Building — Strategic Use of ODA — Offer-Type Assistance — Debt Sustainability — ODA and Official Security Assistance
- 315
- Yukari Ando
- Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Amendment Act 2023
Exceptions to Suspensive Effect of Deportation — The Principle of Non- Refoulment — Deportation Order with Penalties — Supervision Measures (Kanrisochi) — Complementary Protection
- 332
- Osamu Yoshida
- The Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology
The Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology — Direct Transfer of Finished Products of Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) to Countries Other Than Partner Countries Under the Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology and Related Agreements
- 351
- Yohei Okada and Kengo Yasui
- Japan’s Support for Ukraine in the Face of Russian Aggression
Japan’s Position on the Military Actions by Russia — Aggression — Threat of Nuclear Weapons — International Humanitarian Law — North Korea — Accord on Support for Ukraine and Cooperation Between the Government of Japan and Ukraine — Security of Information — Transfer of Defense Equipment —
Defense Industrial Cooperation, Acquisition, and Sustainment (DICAS) — Law of Neutrality — Anti-Corruption Task Force for Ukraine (ACT for Ukraine) — Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine
- 365
- Kenji Shimoyama
- The Guidelines for Control of the Japan Coast Guard by the Minister of Defense in Armed Attack Situations
The Control Guidelines — National Security Strategy — The Japan Maritime Self- Defense Force — The Japan Coast Guard — Military Organization — Maritime Police Organization — The Self-Defense Forces Law — The Japan Coast Guard
Law — Armed Conflict — Armed Attack Situation — Protocol Additional to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts of 8 June 1977
- 381
- Tatsuya Abe and Kyo Arai
- “Active Cyber Defense” Legislation
Cyber Response Capability Strengthening Act — Active Cyber Defense — Neutralization Measures — Tallinn Manual — Applicability of International Law to Cyber Operations — Use of Force — Non-Intervention — Extraterritorial Exercise of Police Force — Articles on State Responsibility — Necessity
- 395
BOOK REVIEWS
- Mika Hayashi
- Syrian Chemical Weapons and International Law, by Tatsuya Abe. Singapore:
Springer Singapore, 2023. Pp. ix, 360.
- 404
- Rikiya Takahashi
- Kindai Kokusai Chitsujo Keisei To Ho: Fuhenka To Chiikika No Hazama De
[Law and the Formation of Modern International Order: In Between Universalization and Regionalization], edited by Akashi Kinji and Han Sang-Hee. Tokyo: Keio University Press, 2023, Pp. 320.
- 407
- Naoki Iwatsuki
- The War in Ukraine and International Law,
edited by Masahiko Asada and Dai Tamada. Singapore: Springer, 2024. Pp. vii, 246. .
- 411
- Kentaro Wani
- Global Impact of the Ukraine Conflict: Perspectives from International Law,
edited by Shuichi Furuya, Hitomi Takemura and Kuniko Ozaki. Singapore:
Springer Singapore, 2023. Pp. xv, 508.
- 417
- Chie Kojima
- Japanese Maritime Security and Law of the Sea,
by Yurika Ishii. Leiden: Brill, 2022, Pp. xxvi, 229.
- 423
- Midori Narazaki
- Bunkazai no Fusei Torihiki to Teishoku Ho [Illegal Trade in Cultural Properties and Conflict of Laws], by Shiho Kato. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2024. Pp. ix, 260.
- 426
- Keiichi Nakabayashi
- Kokusai Chusai to Kokusaishiho [International Arbitration and Private International Law], by Shunichiro Nakano. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2023. Pp. xii, 213.
- 429
- Yuri Takaya
- Uchu-ho no Keisei [Norm Formation of Space Law], by Kimitake Nakamura. Tokyo; Shinzansha, 2023, Pp. xii, 303.
- 432
- TAKEI Yoshinobu
- Kaijohoanhosei no Genjo to Tenkai: Tayoka suru Kaijohoanninmu
[The Current State and Development of the Legal System of the Coast Guard:
Diversification of Coast Guard Missions], edited by OKUWAKI Naoya and SAKAMOTO Shigeki. Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 2023. Pp. xii, 418.
- 435
- Yoshiko Naiki
- Kokusaikeizaiho no Gendaitekitenkai [Contemporary Developments of International Economic Law: Essays on the Occasion of the 70th Birthdays of Professor Akio Shimizu], edited by Takao Suami, Junji Nakagawa, and Shuichi Furuya. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2023. Pp. xvi, 588.
- 440
- Mitsue Inazumi
- The Rohingya Crisis and The International Criminal Court, by Hitomi Takemura. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2023. Pp, xiii, 151.
- 445
JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN
I. Public International Law
- Nagoya High Court, Order, September 11, 2024
- Loss of Nationality — Statehood — Afghanistan — Acquisition of Japanese Nationality Pursuant to Article 2(iii) of the Nationality Act
- 450
- Sapporo District Court, Judgment, April 18, 2024
- Fishing Rights of the Indigenous People — Art. 27 of the ICCPR — UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples — The Act on Promoting Measures to Achieve a Society in Which the Pride of Ainu People Is Respected
- 454
II. Private International Law
- Tokyo High Court, Ruling, August 9, 2023
- Jurisdiction — Jurisdiction by Necessity — Division of Inherited Property — Real Property
- 461
- Osaka District Court, Judgment, March 22, 2023
- State Immunity — Contracts of Employment — Recruitment
- 464
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, March 6, 2024
- Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments — British Orders on Financial Claims Arising from a Divorce
- 471
- Chiba District Court, Judgment, July 19, 2024
- Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments — Singaporean Judgment on Payment of Child Support — Applicable Law to Extinctive Prescription of Claims
- 477
CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN 2024
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY JAPAN IN 2024
- * Selected Treaties and Documents Concluded and Signed by Japan is available on-line (click here).
- 492
ACTIVITIES
- I. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan
- 495
- II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan
- 500
- 1. Kokusaiho Gakkai (Japanese Society of International Law [JSIL], established in 1897)
- 500
- 2. Kokusai Shiho Gakkai (Private International Law Association of Japan, established in 1949)
- 511
- 3. Sekaiho Gakkai (Japanese Association of World Law, established in 1965)
- 516
