Japan and deep seabed mining
This paper describes Japan's uniqueness and identifies four possible factors that the author believes have influenced the shaping of Japan's deep seabed mining policy. These factors are: the importance of the use of oceans and a stable legal order, the near-total dependence on imports of the four mineral resources which are contained in manganese nodules, the need to cooperate with Western industrialized countries, and the traditional close ties between the government and private industry. The paper then examines the past and current developments regarding Japan's involvement in deep seabed affairs from the perspectives provided by these four salient facts. The authors concludes with the hope that current differences in the positions of potential mining states will be reconciled as actual deep seabed exploitation becomes more of a reality.
- Research Organization:
- Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, New York, NY
- OSTI ID:
- 7143442
- Journal Information:
- Ocean Dev. Int. Law; (United States), Journal Name: Ocean Dev. Int. Law; (United States) Vol. 17:4; ISSN ODILA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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