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Volume 64 (2021)
CONTENTS

ARTICLES

GLOBAL CONSTITUTIONALISM AND INTERNATIONAL LAW FROM JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE

Takao Suami
Introductory Note
1
Takao Suami
Global Constitutionalism and International Law Scholarship in Japan
5
Keisuke Kondo
Global Constitutionalism and Legal Philosophy: Or, a Proposal for the Theory of the Four Constitutionalist Elements
54
Tsuyoshi Kawase
Trade, Security, and Constitutionalism at Crossroads: Achieving the Right Balance Between the Regulatory Power of WTO and National Sovereignty
76

CROSS-BORDER ASPECTS OF CONDUCTING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS

Dai Yokomizo
Introductory Note
117
Shuya Hayashi
Digital Platforms and Competition Law: A Discussion in Japan
118
Hiroki Harada
Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Regulation of Platformers
158
Keigo Fuchi
Digital Platforms and Their Role in the Collection of VAT/GST and RST
173
Dai Yokomizo
Digital Platforms and Conflict of Laws
202

JAPANESE DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Atsuko Kanehara
COVID-19 and the Law of the Sea: Japan’s Port State Jurisdiction in Relation to the Diamond Princess
233

BOOK REVIEWS

Tomohiko Kobayashi
Kokusai Boeki Funso Shori no Hoteki Kadai [The Legal Issues of International Trade Dispute Settlement], edited by Yoshinori Abe and Takemasa Sekine. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2019. Pp. xxi, 407.
246
Ren Yatsunami
Seisaku-jitsugen-katei no Gurobaruka [The Globalized Policy Cycle], edited by Yuki Asano, Hiroki Harada, Takeshi Fujitani, and Dai Yokomizo. Tokyo: Koubundo, 2019. Pp. xi, 385.
250
KIM Moonsook
Zainichi no Sozokuho: Sono Riron to Jitsumu [Succession Law for the Korean in Japan: Theories and Practice], written by CHO Kyong-jeo, Nihonkajoshuppan, 2019. Pp. xxii, 672.
255
Naoko Hashimoto
Nanminmondai to Kokusaihoseido no Doutai [Refugees and the Dynamics of International Law], by Mari Kawamura. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2019. Pp. xv, 269.
257
Yuriko Haga
Kokusai Kazoku Ho ni okeru Tojisha Jichi [Party Autonomy in International Family Law], by Miku Koike. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2019. Pp. ix, 238.
261
Nobuyuki Yagi
Gyogyo Shigenkanri no Ho to Seisaku [Laws and Policies for Fishery Resource Management], edited by Mari Koyano. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2019. Pp. xviii, 187.
264
YAMADA Satoshi
Kokusaiho to Kempochitsujo: Kokusaikihan no Jisshikengen [International Law and Constitutional Legal Systems: The Competence to Implement International Norms], by MATSUDA Hiromichi. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2020. Pp. v, 237.
267
Yasushi Higashizawa
Kokusai Keiji Tetsuzuki Ho no Taikei: Puremisu Riron to Ichiji Fusairi [The System of International Criminal Procedural Law: The Premise Theory and the Principle of Ne Bis In Idem], by OCHI Megumi. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2020. Pp. xvii, 491.
270
Junichi Eto and Shuichi Furuya
Jissho no Kokusai Hogaku no Keisho: Ando Nisuke Sensei Tsuito [Inheritance of the Positivist Researches of International Law: in Memory of Professor Nisuke Ando], edited by Kentaro Serita, Shigeki Sakamoto, Kimio Yakushiji, Masahiko Asada and Hironobu Sakai. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2019. Pp. xxv, 1033.
276
Jun Matsukuma
Kokusai-ho no Furonteia: Miyazaki-sensei Tsuito Ronbunshu [International Law: Essays in Memory of Professor Shigeki Miyazaki], edited by Satoru Taira, Toru Umeda, and Taro Hamada. Tokyo: Nippon Hyoronsha, 2019. Pp. viii, 639.
283
Hisashi Onogi
Kokusai Shiho ni okeru Shiteki Jichi [Private Autonomy in Private International Law] by Ruijing XU. Tokyo: Bunshindo, 2019. Pp. vii, 250.
289

JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN

I. Public International Law

Osaka High Court, Judgment, February 4, 2020
Forced Labor During the Second World War — Right to Claim Compensation — the Renunciation Clause in the Joint Communiqué Between Japan and the People’s Republic of China (1972)
294
Tokyo District Court, Judgment, November 14, 2019
Requirement of the Same Surname for Married Couples Under Article 750 of the Civil Code — Constitutionality — Articles 2(1), 2(3)(b), 3, 17, and 23 of the ICCPR — Articles 2(f) and 16(1)(b)(g) of the CEDAW — Direct Applicability
302

II. Private Interantional Law

Supreme Court (1st Petty Bench), Decision, April 16, 2020
International Child Abduction — Modification of Conciliation Agreementy
308
Supreme Court (3rd Petty Bench), Judgment, July 7, 2020
Determination of Governing Law — Nationality of Child Born out of Wedlock
311
Tokyo High Court, Judgment, September 25, 2019
Applicable Law — Tort — Alienation of Affection — Places Where the Results of the Wrongful Acts Occurred
314
Tokyo High Court, Judgment, July 22, 2020
Choice of Court Agreements — Exclusive Jurisdiction – Public Policy
318

CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN 2020

323

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY JAPAN IN 2020

337

DOCUMENTS

1. Regarding the Confirmation of the Judgment of the Seoul Central District Court of the Republic of Korea in the Lawsuit Filed by Former Comfort Women and Others (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu)
339
2. Basic Position of the Government of Japan on International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations
342
* Selected Treaties and Documents Concluded and Signed by Japan is available on-line (click here).

ACTIVITIES

I. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan
352
II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan
365

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE JAPANESE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

368