Index
absolute immunity
Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
act of government theory
Act of Special Handling of the People with Gender Identity Disorder (GID Act)
Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Act on Cooperation with the International Criminal Court
Act on Navigation of Foreign Ships through the Territorial Sea and Internal Waters
Act on Preventing Mercury Pollution of the Environment
active personality principle/nationality principle
Additional Protocols (Geneva Conventions)
aggression
Agreement between Japan and the Republic of Korea concerning establishing a boundary in the northern part of the continental shelf adjacent to the two countries
Agreement concerning joint development of the southern part of the continental shelf adjacent to the two countries
Agreement for the Prosecution and Punishment of the Major War Criminals of the European Axis Powers and Charter of the International Military Tribunal
Aichi Targets
Ainu
Ainu Association of Hokkaido
Ainu culture-related tourism promotion project
Ainu Policy Promotion Act
Air Pollution Control Act
Akan Ainu Consuln
Akira Osawa
Alfred Verdross
alien species
ALPS treated water
anadromous species
anti-discrimination
Argentina
armed attack situation
Armed conflicts
artificial marine structure
Ashio Copper Mine
Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization
asylum seeker
Atlantic Charter
Atomic Energy Basic Act
Australia
aut dedere aut judicare
Bahamas
Ban Amendment to the Basel Convention
Bangladesh/Myanmar case
Basel Convention
baselines
Basic Act on Ocean Policy
Basic Act on the Environment
Basic Plans on Ocean Policy
Bernard Victor Aloysius Röling
biodiversity
Bolivia
Bosnia
Braun Tube Cartel case
Breaching Cannabis Control Act and Customs Act case
British Empire
Burakumin
Burma
Cabinet Legislation Bureau (CLB)
Cairo Declaration
Cambodia
Canada
Caracas Session
Carl Schmitt
Channel Islands
China
civil jurisdiction
Civil Union Law
civilized country
coastal State
Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind
collective security
colonization
comfort women case
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Committee on the Elimination for All Forms of Discrimination against Women
compulsory dispute settlement procedure
compulsory jurisdiction
conciliation
consistent interpretation
conspiracy
Constitution
consular jurisdiction
Consulate General of Japan in Shenyang
continental shelf
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World Heritage Convention)
Convention for the Conservation of the Southern Bluefin Tuna
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention)
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention)
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Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention)
Convention on the Continental Shelf
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (Watercourses Convention)
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention)
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone
Convention relating to the Status of Refugee (Refugee Convention)
Convention respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land
Cook Island
coordinate/coordination theory
core crimes
corruption
COVID–19
crime of aggression
crimes against humanity
crimes against peace
criminal jurisdiction
customary international law
cybercrime
Czech Republic
Daishinin case
Daitōwa Kyōeiken
de facto marriage
decarbonization
delimitation
Denmark
Diamond Princess
Dionisio Anzilotti
direct applicability
Distomo case
Domestic Violence Prevention Act
dual criminality principle
dualism
due process
dumping
duty to cooperate
East China Sea
ecologically and biologically important marine zones
ecosystems
effect of islands in maritime delimitation
effects doctrine
Eichmann case
elements of crimes
Elimination of Discrimination Act
endangered species
Environmental Impact Assessment Act
equality of arms requirement
equidistance/relevant circumstances method
equitable principle/equitable solution
Eritrea
ethnic cleansing
Etorofu
Eurocentrism
European Court of Human Rights
European Union (EU )
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
explicit recognition
export of hazardous waste
extended continental shelf
extradition
failed State
Ferrini case
Finland
Firearms Protocol
fish stock
Fisheries Jurisdiction case
Fishery Act
fishery agreements
fishery management
fishing rights
flag State
forced disappearances
forced labor
France
freedom of fishing
freedom of navigation
Fuchu Youth Hostel case
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant/ Facility
Gaborone Amendment to the CITES
Geneva Conventions
genocide
Gerald Fitzmaurice
Germany
Ghana/Côte d’Ivoire case
Global Biodiversity Framework
Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
global warming
Global Warming Action Plan
good offices
Great East Japan Earthquake
greenhouse gas emissions
Grey Zone Situation
Grossraum
Guyana/Suriname case
Habomai
Hans Kelsen
Harukazu Nagaoka
Headquarters for Ocean Policy
Heinrich Triepel
Henry Wheaton
Herzegovina
Hidehisa Horinouchi
high sea fisheries
high seas
highly migratory species
Hirobumi Ito
Hisashi Owada
historical title
Hong Kong
Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships
Hoshinmaru Case
human trafficking
hydrocarbon resources
IAEA Safety Standards
Iceland
illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing
immigration control
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
Immigration Control Policy Discussion Panel
immigration detention
Immigration Service Agency
implied recognition
incorporation
Indochina
Indochinese refugees
Influence of legal positivism approach
innocent passage
Inter–American Court of Human Rights
internal waters
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages
International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships of 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil (OILPOL)
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Convention against Enforced Disappearance)
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co–operation
International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti–Fouling Systems on Ships
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)
International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
International Criminal Court (ICC)
international criminal law (ICL)
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
international environmental law
international human rights law
international humanitarian law
International Law Commission (ILC)
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association World (ILGA)
International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo Tribunal)
International Peace and Support Act
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
International Whaling Commission (IWC)
irregular migration
island
Israel
Itai–itai disease
Italy
James Lorimer
Japan Coast Guard (JCG)
Japan Maritime Self–Defense Force
Japanese House Tax case
Japanese Penal Code
Jinshin Koseki
John Westlake
joint development zone
jurisdiction to adjudicate (juridical jurisdiction)
jurisdiction to enforce (enforcement jurisdiction)
jurisdiction to prescribe (legislative jurisdiction)
Jurisdictional Immunities of the State case
jurisdiction
jus cogens
Kanfado incident
Kaoru Yasui
Karl Magnus Bergbohm
Kisaburo Yokota
Kitami Road case
Kono Statement
Kosovo
Kotaro Tanaka
Kumao Nishimura
Kunashiri
Kuril Islands
Kyoto Korean Elementary School case
Kyoto Protocol
Laos
Lassa Oppenheim
law of the sea
Law on Punishment of and Measures against Acts of Piracy
Law on the Territorial Sea (1977)
Law on the Territorial Waters and Contiguous Zone (1996)
League of Nations
legal gender alteration
Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons
Legislation for Peace and Security (LPS)
lex specialis derogat legi generali
LGBT Giren
LGBTQ
Li Hung Chang
Libya/Malta case
Liberal Democratic Party
living marine resources/marine living resources
London Convention/1996 Protocol
lower-rank criminals
Malta
Manchuria
Maria Luz incident
marine biodiversity
Marine Biodiversity Conservation Strategy
marine ecosystems
marine environment
marine pollution
marine protected areas
marine scientific research
maritime boundary disputes
maritime delimitation in the Black Sea
maritime security
maritime zones
MARPOL 73/78
“Marriage for All” Lawsuit
Marxist international law
Masatoshi Matsushita
Max Wenzel
median line
mediation
Meiji era
Minamata Convention on Mercury
Minamata disease
Minami-Tori Shima Island region
Mineichiro Adachi
Mitsuo Maehara
modern international law
Mogi Seamount region
money laundering
monism
Montenegro
Montreal Protocol
multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs)
mutual legal assistance
Nagao Ariga
Nagoya Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the CBD
Namibia
National Biodiversity Strategy
National Government Organization Act
national human rights institutions
nationality
Nationality Act case
natural prolongation theory
natural resources of the continental shelf
navigation of foreign vessels
negotiation
neo-dualism
Netherlands
New Zealand
Niigata Minamata disease
Niue
no-fault liability
non-civilized country
non-extradition of nationals
non-extradition of political offenders
non-governmental armed groups
non-reciprocal most favored nation clause
non-refoulement
North Korea
North Sea Continental Shelf case
Northern Mariana Islands(US )
Northern Territories
noxious liquid substances
nuclear powered ships
Nuremberg International Military Tribunal
obligation not to jeopardize or hamper the reaching of the final agreement
obligation to make every effort to conclude a provisional agreement
obligations erga omnes
Obstructing Prisoner’s Interviews with Defense Lawyer case
obstruction of justice
occupation
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Official Development Assistance (ODA)
Ogasawara Plateau region
Oki-no-Tori Shima
Okinawa
Okinawa Trough
Omura Immigration Center
optional clause declaration
organized criminal group
Otaru Hot Spring case
ozone depleting substances
ozone depletion
pacta sunt servanda
Pakistan Loan Claim case
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Paris Agreement
Partnership Certification System
passage of foreign vessel
passive personality principle/passive nationality principle
Peace Keeping Operation (PKO)
Peace, Friendship and Trade Treaty
peaceful settlement of international disputes
pearl fisheries in the Arafura Sea
Persia
persuasive authority
Philippines
piracy
pollution
port State
Potsdam Declaration
precautionary measures
precautionary principle
principle of complementarity
principle of effectiveness
principle of nullum crimen sine lege
principle of reciprocity
principle of specificity
prior notification
private acts
doctrine of Proactive Contribution to Peace
Prohibition Period on Remarriage case
protective principle
Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air
Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
Protocol relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (Refugee Protocol)
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children
Protocol to the OPRC Convention on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances
provisional arrangements
Pure Theory of Law
radioactive substances
radioactive wastes
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
Recommendation of the OECD Council on Establishing and Implementing Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR)
Refugee Adjudication Counsellors (RACs)
Refugee Status Determination (RSD) procedure/system
refugees
Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs)
registered partnership legislation
Registered Partnership System
Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land (1912)
relationship between international and domestic law
relevant circumstances
religious taboos
Request for an Advisory Opinion Submitted by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC)
rescue mission
reservations
restrictive immunity
rock
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
rule of law
Russia
Russo-Japanese war
Ryukyu Islands
Sakhalin
Sakue Takahashi
Sakutaro Tachi
same-sex relationship
Schooner Exchange v. McFaddon
Sea of Japan
sedentary fisheries
Self-Defense Act
Self-Defense Forces
self-defense rights (SDR)
Senkaku Islands
Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai)
sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI)
Shigejiro Tabata
Shigeru Oda
Shikoku Basin region
Shiomi case
Shirakaba/Chunxiao
Shunji Yanai
Shusuke Nishi
Siam
Simon Vissering
Sino-Japanese war
Situations that Gravely affect the Peace and Security of Japan
slave trade
Slovakia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
sodomy law
Soji Yamamoto
Somalia
South China Sea
South China Sea Arbitration
South Korea (Republic of Korea)
South Sudan
Southern Bluefin Tuna Cases
Southern Kyushu-Palau Ridge Region
Southern Oki Daito Ridge region
sovereign acts
sovereign rights
sovereignty
Special Court for Sierra Leone
Sri Lanka
SS Lotus case
state immunity
state recognition
state responsibility
Statute of the International Court of Justice
sterilization
straight baseline
strait
Subcommittee on Detention and Deportation (SCDD)
Sunagawa case
suspicious vessels
sustainable development
Sustainable Development Goals
sustainable use of marine living resources
Switzerland
Tajima incident
Takeshima
Tate Letters
terra nullius
territorial dispute
territorial sea
territorial sovereignty
territoriality principle
terrorism
Terrorist Bombings Convention
Teruki Tsunemoto
Thomas Erskine Holland
Three Non-Nuclear Principles
three stage approach in maritime delimitation
Tiananmen incident
Timor Leste
Timor Sea Conciliation
Tomimaru Case
Toonen v. Australia
torture
Toshiaki Hiwatari
total allowable catch (TAC)
transnational organized crime
Treaty of Exchange of Sakhalin and Kuril Islands
Treaty of Friendship between Japan and Russia
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America
Treaty of Peace with Japan (San Francisco Peace Treaty)
Treaty of Portsmouth
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty on Basic Relations Between Japan and the Republic of Korea
Turkey
Ulleungdo
Understanding on Japan China Joint Development in the East China Sea
Understanding on the development of Shirakaba oil and gas field
unequal treaty
unilateral development
United Kingdom
United Nations
United Nations Charter
United Nations Conferences on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Convention against Corruption
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, particularly in Africa
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
United Nation High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
United States of America
Universal Periodic Review
unratified treaties
universal jurisdiction
use of force
Vatican State
vessel source pollution
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
Vietnam
war crimes
warships
whaling
Whaling in the Antarctic
William Edward Hall
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
World Trade Organization (WTO)
World War II
Yalta Agreement
Yamashita case
Yellow Sea
Yemen
Yogyakarta Principles
Yokkaichi asthma
Yokota Air Base case
Yorozu Oda
Young v. Australia
Yozo Yokota
Yuji Iwasawa
Yukichi Fukuzawa
Zhang Zhenhai case