• Summary

This legal document contains Japan’s Law on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf (Law No. 74 of 1996). Article 1 establishes Japan’s Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and proclaims Japan’s sovereign rights and other rights over it as a coastal state as prescribed in Part V of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Article 2 establishes Japan’s continental shelf and proclaims Japan’s sovereign rights and other rights as a coastal State in accordance with the UNCLOS.

Article 3 provides specific sovereign rights and regulations of Japan over the EEZ and continental shelf. Article 4 stipulates that “here a treaty provides otherwise for matters provided for in this law, the provisions of the treaty shall apply”, which includes UNCLOS.

• Document: Japan Law on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf (Law No. 74 of 1996)