A legal and practical arrangement of disputes concerning maritime boundaries pending their final solution and law enforcement: From a Japanese perspective

This chapter will deal with disputes and recent incidents in the domain of the law

of the sea that occurred between Japan and neighbouring countries. It is really a

great honour for me to contribute to this liber amicorum for Professor David Attard. His fi elds of international law are remarkably varied, and, needless to say,

the law of the sea is in particular the fi eld of his prominent accomplishment. For

this very reason, the author sincerely would like to celebrate his valuable achieve-

ments in international law, from both legal and practical aspects, by introducing

some Japanese practice on the law of the sea.