Diplomacy is a series of crises, and the navigational beacon for a nation is international law. This book is a collection of articles on six selected international legal issues concerning Japan. It addresses various issues, including self-defence, post-war legal issues, chemical weapons, the law of the sea, consular immunities, and hijacking. It is a legal documentary through which the reader can look into the minds of Japanese officials challenged by one crisis after another. As a coherent whole, this book ably represents “Japan’s Practice of International Law” and remarkably portrays international law in action from a Japanese practitioner’s perspective.
                                                    
                                                        - Contents
 - Foreword
 - Chapter I 
- Security and the Right of Self-Defense
 
 - Chapter II
 - Chapter III
- The Remnants of War: Chemical Weapon
 
 - Chapter IV 
 - Chapter V
 - Chapter VI
- Human Rights of a Hijacker
 - Epilogue