(English version) Japan’s Cabinet Order No.434 of 2001: Enforcement Order of the Law on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (as amended by Cabinet Order No.210 of 1977, Cabinet Order No.383 of 1993, Cabinet Order No.206 of 1996, and Cabinet Order No.434 of 2001).

Country: Japan

Scope: National

Document Language: English

*This Law enforces/implements the Law on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (Law No. 30 of 1977, as amended by Law No. 73 of 1996)

  • Summary

This legal document contains Japan’s Cabinet Order No.434 of 2001: Enforcement Order of the Law on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (as amended by Cabinet Order No.210 of 1977, Cabinet Order No.383 of 1993, Cabinet Order No.206 of 1996, and Cabinet Order No.434 of 2001).

This legal document clarifies the criteria and specific coordinates for Japan’s baseline (low-water baseline and straight baseline) mentioned in Article 2 of Japan’s Law on Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone (Law No.73 of 1996). The Order also includes specific coordinates for the basepoint of the Territorial Sea regime for the Soya Strait, the Tsugaru Strait, the eastern channel of the Tsushima Strait and the western channel of the Tsushima Strait, and the Osumi Strait.