Japan's international fisheries policy : law, diplomacy and politics governing resource security /
Few nations rely upon the ocean as much as Japan for livelihood, culture and transport. The seas have long played a vital role for the Japanese, helping to support the economic and social life of a nation that possesses few resources and little arable land, and sustain a population that has nearly t...
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Series: | Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: international law, Japanese domestic politics and ocean diplomacy; 1 Mare liberum and the pre-war origins of food security in Japan; 2 Ocean regimes and food system planning under SCAP occupation; 3 Negotiating a regional fisheries system in the North Pacific; 4 The worldwide enclosure movement and restrictive regime claims on fisheries; 5 The precautionary principle, EEZs and fisheries enforcement in the Pacific
- 6 Comprehensive security as national policy and Japan's new fisheries strategy; 7 Comprehensive security in action: international diplomacy and negotiations; 8 Epistemic norm formation and Japanese whaling policy; 9 Food security and self-sufficiency today; Conclusion; Appendix 1: The international fisheries of Japan: profiles of industry and policy makers; Index