International Court of Justice

 Hello, everyone! We recently have cold days in Japan. We had snow in this week in Tsukuba city which I live in. But, snow did not accumulate on the ground because the rain fell before it and the ground was wet. Although it is dangerous that snow accumulate－anyone will slip on frozen ground, I’m little sorry because playing with snow is very fun.

However, I have a cold because of this cold weather. Take care not to catch a cold, everyone!

 By the way, I talked about Senkak Islands through the point of third party last week. Did that movie let you see this problem objectively? This week, I will talk about what to do to solve this issue.

For example, if there is discord between two companies, who give judgment for it? －this answer is, you know, a court. It is the same in case between two countries. For international issues, it is International Court of Justice that give judgments.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

International Court of Justice is the international judicial system of the United Nations and it’s headquarters is placed in the Hague of Holland. It’s role is to work out a solution to an international dispute and/or to give advice to a legal problem at court.

　And now, you might think “ If  we’re so determined that Senkaku Island belongs to us, why can’t we just file a suit to the ICJ.” That’s what I thought till now. It sure is one way to solve a problem like this quickly. Actually, if this problem did come up to the court it’s almost certain that Japan is going to win. But it doesn’t go so smoothly. At the ICF, a file cannot be brought up to court unless the both nations agree. This is because every nations have an equal right. China would probably refuse to bring this problem up to the court. China doesn’t have enough evidence that shows the Senkaku Island belongs to them and so they know that they’re going to lose in a trial.  So China would get away from the trial by saying that it’s nothing to mention that the Senkaku Island is their territory.

 Moreover, by filing this suit to the ICJ, there could be a problem to Japan. I’ve been analyzing this matter on this blog and now, considering all the historical facts, I’m pretty sure that the Senkaku Island belong to Japan. But, here’s the problem. If we file a suit to ICJ now, it means that we show the whole world that the Senkaku Island is a dispute area. So unless the joint suit is accepted, Japanese just fall from completely advantageous position to a disadvantage and that’s it. Considering all this, I’d say that filing a suit to ICJ is not a best way to solve this problem. What us Japanese have to do now is to think how to make Chinese government to accept the joint suit and to get ready for the trial when Chinese government actually accepted this.

 Anyway, it seems that this is not a problem that could be solved right away. Thank you for reading.