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A Review on the Introduction of The Basic Act on Ocean Policy of Japan and Abe Cabinet’s the Third Basic Plan on Ocean Policy

  • JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
  • Abbr : jois
  • 2020, 32(), pp.179~211
  • DOI : 10.22971/jois.32..202012.179
  • Publisher : The Keimyung Institute for International Studies
  • Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > Regional Studies in general
  • Received : November 13, 2020
  • Accepted : December 15, 2020
  • Published : December 31, 2020

CAI JIE 1

1고려대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The summary of the introducing process of The Basic Act on Ocean Policy of Japan is as follows. It has began by the Ocean Development Council established in 1971. Later, in 2001, it has moved to the Ocean Development Subcommittee in order to expand the field of activity. However, it was an approach of the ocean policy from the technical development side, and there was no definition of ocean use and scope, therefore no specific results found. Later, The Nippon Foundation and OPRF formed a partnership and conducted a research on the ocean. During this period, the Liberal Democratic Party also considered domestic legal responses to the friction related to oil development with China in the East China Sea and began to be actively involved in legislation of The Basic Act on Ocean Policy. In cooperation with OPRF and The Nippon Foundation, the Basic Ocean Law Study Group was established in April 2006. At the final meeting, the ruling and opposition parties agreed to submit in the form of legislators. Thereby, in March 2007, the Basic Act on Ocean Policy was officially enacted. Lastly, the timing of enactment of the Third Basic Plan on Ocean Policy, which is the latest product of The Basic Act on Ocean Policy of Japan is notable because the framework of Japan's maritime policy of ‘Free and open policy between India & the Pacific’ is advanced into a strong security toward China. Although many unstable elements are found in the Northeast Asian ocean in the future, much effort is required to promote exchanges and cooperation through the ocean, in order for prevention and reduction of conflicts by developing peaceful maritime security in Northeast Asia.

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