The new ocean regime and Japan

摘要: Abstract Japan is an island nation which heavily dependent upon the surrounding seas for food, importation of raw materials, exportation finished products, and national security. also world's largest fishing shipping nation, poses certain problems imposes special responsibilities on her. has traditionally followed principle freedom high seas, but under external pressure developments at UNCLOS III unilateral actions by other states, been forced to accept accommodate herself new concept transit passage through international straits, twelve nautical mile territorial sea, two hundred exclusive economic zone, were perceived as contrary her interests. However, adapting ocean regime that emerging from both customary conventional law, because she confidence a stable more important in long run than some short‐term adv...