Experts
Senior Fellow
Atsuko Kanehara
Expertise/Areas of interest
International Legal Order
Research Themes
Japan’s Ocean Policy from a Perspective of International Law. Based upon the rule of law, a main pillar of Japan’s diplomacy, maintenance of the international legal order by peaceful resolution and robust reactions against unilateral attempts to change the status quo, assuming the situation in the East China Sea
Academic/Professional Background
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31 March 1982 |
BA in Law, the University of Tokyo |
| 1 April 1982 - 31 March, 1985 | University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Research Associate |
| 1 April 1989 - 31 March, 1992 | Teikyo University, Faculty of Law, Lecturer |
| 1 April 1992 - 31 March, 1993 | Teikyo University, Faculty of Law, Assistant Professor |
| 1 April 1993 - 31 March, 1999 | Rikkyo University, Faculty of Law, Assistant Professor |
| 1 April 1999 - 31 March, 2010 | Rikkyo University, Faculty of Law, Professor |
| 1 April 2010 - 31 March, 2024 | Sophia University, Faculty of Law, Professor |
| 1 January 2024 - | Canon Institute for Global Studies |
| 1 April 2024 - | Sasakawa Peace Foundation Senior Fellow |
Papers
| Papers | Date of Papers |
|---|---|
| How To Ensure The Safety Of The Japan Coast Guard While Maintaining Its Nature As A Police Organ When It Conducts Missions In Collaboration With The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Under The Control Guidelines (Japan Review,Vol.6, No.2 pp.47-79) |
2024 |
| Japan's Discharge of ALPS Treated Water Containing Tritium (Japanese Yearbook of International Law, Vol.66 pp. 413-434) |
2023 |
| Reconsideration of the Distinction Between the Use of Arms in Law Enforcement and the Use of Force Prohibited by International Law - With an Analysis of the Inherent Significance of This Issue to Japan- (Japan Review, Vol. 5) |
2023 |
| The Impact on Japan’s Coast Guard and Maritime Security Caused by China’s Coast Guard Law of 2021 (Japanese Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 65 pp. 320-335.) |
2022 |
| Refining Japan’s Integrative Position on the Territorial Sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands (International Law Studies, Vol. 97) |
2021 |
| Covid-19 and the Law of the Sea: Japan’s Port State Jurisdiction in Relation to the Diamond Princess (Japanese Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 64 pp. 233-245) |
2021 |
| Interplay between the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Other International Law for Building a Comprehensive International Maritime Order (Japanese Yearbook of International Law Vol. 63 pp. 52-92) |
2020 |
| International Law as a Tool to Combat China (Japan Review, Vol. 4, No. 1) |
2020 |
| Japan’s Withdrawal from the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (Japanese Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 62 pp, 376-387) |
2019 |
| The Reassessment of Acts of the State in the Law of State Responsibility - A Proposal of an Integrative Theoretical Framework of the Law of State Responsibility to Effectively Cope with Internationally harmful acts of Non-State Actors (Recueil des cours, Vol. 399 pp. 19-266) |
2019 |
| The Use of Force in Maritime Security and the Use of Arms in Law Enforcement under the Current Wide Understanding of Maritime Security (Japan Review, Vol. 3, No. 2) |
2019 |
| Contribution by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf to the International Legal Order of the Oceans (Sophia Law Review [Jochi Hogaku Ronshu], Vol. 61, No. 3/4 pp. 9-56) |
2018 |
| Validity of International Law over Historic Rights: The Arbitral Award (Merits) on the South China Sea Dispute (Sophia Law Review [Jochi Hogaku Ronshu], Vol. 61, No. 1/2 pp. 27-76) |
2017 |
| What Does a New International Legally Binding Instrument on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction ‘under the UNCLOS’ Mean? (Sophia Law Review [Jochi Hogaku Ronshu], Vol. 59, No. 4 pp. 53-73) |
2016 |
| So-called 'Eco-piracy' and Interventions by NGOs to Protect against Scientific Research Whaling on the High Seas: An Evaluation of Japanese Position (in C. R. Symmons ed., Selected Contemporary Issues in the Law of the Sea pp. 195-220) |
2011 |
| A Possible Practical Solution of the Dispute over the Dokdo/ Takeshima Islands from a Perspective of the Law of the Sea (S. Lee and H. E. Lee eds., DOKDO-Historical Appraisal and International Justice pp. 71-89) |
2011 |
| Legal Responses of Japan to Impediments and Harassments by Foreign Vessels against Japanese Vessels during Research Whaling in the Antarctic Sea (Japanese Yearbook of International Law, No. 52 pp.553-582) |
2009 |
| A Legal and Practical Arrangement of Disputes Concerning Maritime Boundaries Pending Their Final Solution and Law Enforcement-From a Japanese Perspective (N. A. Martinez Gutierrez ed., Serving the Rule of International Maritime Law-Essays in Honour of Professor David Joseph Attard pp. 95-118) |
2010 |
| Challenging the Fundamental Principle of the Freedom of the High Seas and the Flag State Principle Expressed by Recent Non-Flag State Measures on the High Seas (Japanese Yearbook of International Law, No. 51 pp. 21-56) |
2008 |
| Marine Scientific Research in the Waters Where Claims of the Exclusive Economic Zones Overlap between Japan and the Republic of Korea (The Japanese Annual of International Law, No. 49 pp. 98-122) |
2006 |
| Fisheries Law Enforcement by Japan in Its Exclusive Economic Zone and Hot Pursuit from the Exclusive Economic Zone onto the High Seas of a Foreign Vessel Which Failed to Obey an Order to Heave to (The Japanese Annual of International Law, No. 48 pp. 109-122) |
2005 |
| The Impact on the Freedom of Navigation by International Regulation for the Purpose of Fisheries Resources Conservation and Marine Environmental Protection (St. Paul’s Review of Law and Politics [Rikkyo Hogaku], No. 66 pp. 150-190) |
2004 |
| The Incident of an Unidentified Vessel in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (The Japanese Annual of International Law, No. 45 pp. 116-126) |
2002 |
| Determination of the Dispute in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Case (St. Paul’s Review of Law and Politics [Rikkyo Hogaku], No. 60 pp. 103-156) |
2002 |
| The Japanese Legal System Concerning Innocent Passage of Foreign Vessels (1990-1998) (The Japanese Annual of International Law, No. 42 pp. 90-110) |
1999 |
| A Critical Analysis of Changes and Recent Developments in the Concept of Conservation of Fishery Resources on the High Seas (The Japanese Annual of International Law, No.41 pp. 1-29) |
1998 |
| Some Considerations Regarding Methods of International Regulation in Global Issues: ‘Sovereignty’ and ‘Common Interests’ (International Compliance with Nonbinding Accords pp. 81-117) |
1997 |
| Methods of International Regulation for Global Environmental Protection: A Reappraisal of International Law Making (Trilateral Perspective on International Legal Issues: Relevance of Domestic Law and Policy pp. 47-60) |
1996 |
| The Significance of ‘Pledge and Review’ Process in Growing International Environmental Law (The Japanese Annual of International Law No. 35 pp. 1-32) |
1992 |
Publications
| Publications | Publishing company | Date of Publication |
|---|---|---|
| National Editor for Japan in Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia | Brill | 2021 |
International Litigations
- Counsel for the Government of Japan in the Whaling in the Antarctic Case (Australia
v. Japan: New Zealand intervening) in the International Court of Justice (2010 - 2014) - Advocate for the Government of Japan in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Case (Australia
and New Zealand v. Japan) in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the Following Arbitration (1999 - 2000)
Social Activities
International
- Member of the Informal Expert Meeting Organized by the NATO Legal Committee (2023)
- Member of the American Society of International Law
- Member of the Governing Board of (UN) IMO International Maritime Law Institute
- National Editor of Japan for Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia, Brill, 2021
- International Law Association, Member of the Committee on Submarine Cables and Pipelines
- International law Association, Member of the Committee on Baseline (2008-2018)
- Country Reporter of Japan for the Yearbook of International Environmental Law (1998-2006)
- Assistant for the Japanese Member of the International Law Commission of UN, upon request by Foreign Ministry of Japan (1994)
Lectures at Foreign Institutes and Others
- E-Learning Project of the International Sea Bed Authority, DEEP DIVE, Module 4, Lesson 1, “The Marin Environment and the Precautionary Approach ”
- Member of the Informal Expert Meeting Organized by the NATO Legal Committee (2023)
- Member of the American Society of International Law
- Member of the Governing Board of (UN) IMO International Maritime Law Institute
- National Editor of Japan for Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia, Brill, 2021
- International Law Association, Member of the Committee on Submarine Cables and Pipelines
- International law Association, Member of the Committee on Baseline (2008-2018)
- Country Reporter of Japan for the Yearbook of International Environmental Law (1998-2006)
- Assistant for the Japanese Member of the International Law Commission of UN, upon request by Foreign Ministry of Japan (1994)
Overseas Research
- March 2017 - May 2017, Visiting Scholar at Georgetown University Law Center, USA
- January 2009 - March 2009, Visiting Scholar at the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea, The Netherlands
- March 2008, Visiting Scholar at Leiden University, Faculty of Arts, Japanese Studies, The Netherlands
- March 2007 - April 2007, Visiting Scholar at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Arts, Japanese Studies, Belgium
- September 1995 - July 1997, Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School
As of July 1, 2024