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Japan's Maritime Zones
1a - There are three maritime zones around Japan: the Territorial Waters Zone, the Contiguous Zone and the Economic Control Zone.
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1b - To determine its own limits properly, Japan shall always assume that other nations have similar zones, even if they never made such claims.
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2a - Japan has ownership of or authority over all the waters within the boundaries of the Japanese maritime zones.
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2b - The Empire of Japan has no ownership of any vessel within any of the Maritime Zones.
2c - Ownership of a vessel belongs to the owner that the ship is registered to, whether the owner is a person, a company, an organization or a nation.
2d - The Empire of Japan has no authority over any vessel within any of the Maritime Zones except for enforcing the rules and regulations for safety at sea within any of the Maritime Zones.
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2e - Exceptions to Article 2b and Article 2d are those vessels that are registered as belonging to the Empire of Japan.
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3a - The captain assigned to a vessel is the person who has authority over the vessel unless stated otherwise by the owner of the vessel.
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3b - The captain assigned to a vessel is the person who is responsible for the safety and actions of the vessel and its crew unless stated otherwise by the owner of the vessel or when a pilot is present.
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4a - When in any of Japan's maritime zones, all foreign military vessels are forbidden to fire, discharge or launch any kind of weapons other than salute guns except at the designated firing ranges.
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4b - For safety reasons, any kind of aircraft launched from military vessels is considered a weapon.
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4c - When in any of Japan's maritime zones, all foreign military vessels can request the Imperial Japanese Navy to make use of any of their firing ranges if they wish to.
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Territorial Waters Zone
5a - In general, the limit of Japan's territorial waters is 12 nautical miles measured from Japan's coastal line.
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5b - When the Japanese territorial waters overlap the territorial waters of another nation, a boundary will be drawn up halfway between Japan and the other nation as outer limit of the territorial waters.
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5c - The waters between the islands of Japan are designated as "Archipelagic Waters" and considered to be part of the Territorial Waters Zone.
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6 - Inside the Territorial Waters Zone, the Empire of Japan has control and ownership of all economic resources.
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7a - Civilian vessels from all nations are allowed to freely pass through Japan's territorial waters.
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7b - Military vessels from nations with ports on the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk are allowed to freely pass through Japan's territorial waters.
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7c - Military vessels from India, the Philippines, Pacifica and Persia are allowed to freely pass through Japan's territorial waters.
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7d - Military vessels from nations with ports in the East of Southeast Asia regions are allowed to freely pass through Japan's territorial waters after notifying the government of Japan either through their ambassador in Japan or through the Japanese ambassador in their nation.
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7e - Military vessels from all other nations require permission to be able to freely pass through Japan's territorial waters from the Government of Japan. Permission is obtained either through their ambassador in Japan or the Japanese ambassador in their nation.
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7f - In general, the Government of Japan will always grant permission to a nation asking for permission for their military vessels to pass freely though Japan's territorial waters.
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7g - When in Japan's territorial waters, it is expected that the main battery of all foreign military vessels are turned away from Japanese land whenever it is visible except when in straits or canals or where ever land is visible on both sides.
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8 - Nations or military vessels from nations that have misbehaved themselves internationally or caused an international incident will be denied permission to enter Japan's territorial waters as through their actions they have proven that they cannot be trusted to abide to the Navigational Rules of Japan's Maritime Zones and behave themselves within Japan's Maritime Zones.
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Territorial Waters Zone Ban List
9a - Chinese military vessels are currently banned from Japanese territorial waters due to multiple international incidents they caused, the most recent ones being the Normandie Transport Incident, the murder of the Normandie's pilot, Capitaine Nguyen Loc, and the Dong Fa 37 Spy Incident. Reevaluation of China's behavior and status will be held on July 9, 1950.
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9b - German military vessels are currently banned from Japanese territorial waters due to the New Guinea Incident. Reevaluation of Germany's behavior and status will be held on January 1, 1948.
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Contiguous Zone
10a - In general, the limit of Japan's Contiguous Zone is 42 nautical miles measured from Japan's coastal line.
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10b - When the Japanese Contiguous Zone overlaps the Contiguous Zone of another nation, a boundary will be drawn up halfway between Japan and the other nation as outer limit of the two Contiguous Zones.
10c - No Contiguous Zone exists when Japan's Territorial Waters Zone touches the Territorial Waters Zone of another nation.
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11 - Inside the Contiguous Zone, the Empire of Japan will exert control for the purpose of preventing or punishing violations of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea.
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12 - Inside the Contiguous Zone, the Empire of Japan has control and ownership of all economic resources.
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13 - Vessels from all nations are allowed to freely pass through Japan's Contiguous Zone.
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14a - Vessels within the Contiguous Zone can expect inspections for the purpose of prevention of above mentioned violations by officials of the Law and Customs Agency who are assisted by the Pacific Maritime Safety Agency.
14b - Inspections will be done while a vessel targeted for inspection is on the move to minimize any delays in the journey of the vessel.
14c - The crew and passengers of a vessel targeted for inspection are requested to cooperate with officials of the Law and Customs Agency.
14d - Officials of the Law and Customs Agency are required to work as efficiently as possible and keep the disturbance to the operations of a vessel targeted for inspection to an absolute minimum, especially those operations that may create dangerous situations when disturbed.
14e - Officials of the Law and Customs Agency are required to complete their work and be off a vessel targeted for inspection before it reaches the limits of Japan's territorial waters, preferably sooner.
15a - As the authoritative figure of a vessel targeted for inspection, the captain has full rights to deny the officials of the Law and Customs Agency access to his vessel for inspection when his vessel is within Japan's Contiguous Zone.
15b - The captain of vessel targeted for inspection who has opted to deny the officials of the Law and Customs Agency access to his vessel should be aware that the inspection will be performed within Japan's territorial waters in any of the designated bays along the coast of Japan.
15c - When the inspection is going to be performed within Japan's territorial waters, the vessel is required to come to a full stop during the inspection of the vessel by the officials of the Law and Customs Agency.
15d - When the inspection is going to be performed within Japan's territorial waters, the vessel is not allowed to move any further until the inspection of the vessel is completed and the officials of the Law and Customs Agency have left the ship.
15e - When the inspection is going to be performed within Japan's territorial waters, the Empire of Japan cannot be held responsible for financial damages as a result of delays caused by stopping the vessel and the inspection.
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Economic Control Zone
16a - In general, the limit of Japan's Economic Control Zone is 292 nautical miles measured from Japan's coastal line.
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16b - When the Japanese Economic Control Zone overlaps the Economic Control Zone of another nation, a boundary will be drawn up halfway between Japan and the other nation as outer limit of the two Economic Control Zones.
16c - No Economic Control Zone exists when Japan's Territorial Waters Zone touches the Territorial Waters Zone of another nation.
16d - No Economic Control Zone exists when Japan's Contiguous Zone touches the Contiguous Zone of another nation.
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17 - Inside the Economic Control Zone, the Empire of Japan has control of all economic resources.
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18a - Nations in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions have access to the economic resources within Japan's Economic Control Zone.
18b - In the interest of the local economies and trade and commerce, vessels from nations outside the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions have no access to the economic resources within Japan's Economic Control Zone.
18c - Nations outside the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions who wish to get economic resources from Japan's Economic Control Zone can buy them either directly from Japan or any of the nations in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions that acquire economic resources from Japan's Economic Control Zone
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19 - There is no limit to the amount of an economic resource that can be obtained.
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21 - Nations in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions that have misbehaved themselves internationally or caused an international incident will be denied access to the economic resources within Japan's Economic Control Zone.
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Economic Control Zone Ban List
22a - China is currently banned from accessing economic resources within Japan's Economic Control Zone for multiple international incidents, the most recent ones being the Normandie Transport Incident, the murder of the Normandie's pilot, Capitaine Nguyen Loc, and the Dong Fa 37 Spy Incident. Reevaluation of China's behavior and status will be held on July 9, 1948.
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Requirements of vessels wishing to enter Japan's Maritime Zones
23 - Surface radar and direct communications radio are recommended.
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24a - Radio receiver capable of receiving weather reports from Japan's Central Meteorological Observatory is mandatory.
24b - Radio receivers are available at Japanese ports for ships unable to obtain radio receivers in their land of origin or to replace damaged radio receivers free of charge.
25a - Signal lamp is mandatory.
25b - Signal lamps are available at Japanese ports for ships unable to obtain the proper equipment in their land of origin or to replace damaged lights free of charge.
26a - Mandatory lighting on vessels. One white at stern, one white masthead, two white forward side of bridge, one red left, one green right.
26b - Lights are available at Japanese ports for ships unable to obtain the proper equipment in their land of origin or need to replace damaged lights free of charge.
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27 - For easy identification purposes, name and/or number of the vessels must be clearly marked on the vessel at the following locations: bow (both sides), stern (directed aft), front of bridge.
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Navigational Rules of Japan's Maritime Zones
28 - All vessels moving through any of the Japanese Maritime Zones are expected to abide to the Navigational Rules of Japan's Maritime Zones.
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29 - When in a strait or a Canal, vessels must keep left at all times.
30 - Passing will take place starboard-to-starboard. Vessels heading in opposing direction will pass each other on the green light side.
31 - Overtaking will take place on the port side. Vessels heading in the same direction will overtake each other on the red light side.
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Marine salvaging within Japan's Maritime Zones
32 - Vessels lost or abandoned within any of Japan's Maritime Zones will come under the protection of the Empire of Japan.
33 - Vessels lost or abandoned within any of Japan's Maritime Zones will not be considered to be economic resources.
34 - Ownership of vessels lost or abandoned within any of Japan's Maritime Zones will remain with the nation, company, organization or person that the vessel belonged to.
35a - Salvage of vessels lost or abandoned within any of Japan's Maritime Zones can only be done by the rightful owners or by a 3rd party that has received permission from the owners to salvage the lost vessel.
35b - Salvage of vessels lost or abandoned within any of Japan's Maritime Zones by a 3rd party can only begin after the Empire of Japan has verified that the 3rd party in question has indeed permission from the rightful owners to salvage the vessel.
35c - Illegal salvagers will be arrested and, if the owners wish to prosecute the illegal salvagers, they will be tried either in Japan or in the nation of the owners.
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Law and Japan's Maritime Zones
36 - It is illegal to smuggle either whole or parts of weapons, drugs, humans, poisonous gasses and other dangerous goods into Japan.
37 - Criminals smuggling illegal goods can be apprehended in any of Japan's Maritime Zones and will be tried in Japan.
38a - A vessel or vessels of a nation in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions can, when notifying Japan, apprehend criminals or vessels used for criminal activities within any of Japan's Maritime Zones.
38b - A vessel or vessels of a nation in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions can ask the Imperial Japanese Navy and/or the Pacific Maritime Safety Agency to assist in apprehending criminals or vessels used for criminal activities within any of Japan's Maritime Zones.
38c - Even with assistance from the Imperial Japanese Navy and/or the Pacific Maritime Safety Agency, the final arrest of criminals or the crew of vessels used for criminal activities should always be carried out by crew members of the vessel(s) of the nation in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions that was/were chasing the criminals or vessel used for criminal activities.
38d - A vessel or vessels of a nation in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions are, when notifying Japan, allowed to ignore Article 4a and fire, discharge or launch any kind of weapons at criminals or vessels used for criminal activities within any of Japan's Maritime Zones.
38e - A vessel or vessels of a nation in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions should try to limit the firing, discharging or launching of any kind of weapons so that the criminals or vessels used for criminal activities are stopped or disabled.
38f - Killing criminals and/or sinking vessels used for criminal activities should only be used as a last resort.
38g - Criminals or the crew of a vessel used for criminal activities will be tried in the nation to which the chasing vessel(s) belong to.
39 - Any vessel within Japan's Maritime Zones that engages in the act of piracy will be attacked and sunk.
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Calamity at Sea
40a - The Birkenhead Drill is law and is applied to all Japanese Maritime Zones.
40b - The Birkenhead Drill shall also include the injured and the elderly.
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41a - With passenger ships, the crew abandons ship after the passengers have abandoned ship.
41b - With passenger ships, military personnel traveling as passengers will abandon ship after the passengers but prior to the crew.
41c - Exception to 41a are crew members assigned to man the lifeboats meant to bring the passengers to safety.
41d - The captain of a vessel either goes down with his ship or is the last person to abandon the ship.
41e - With passenger ships, female crew, injured crew and elderly crew shall abandon ship after female passengers, injured passengers and elderly passengers but before male passengers.
41f - A female captain abandons ships as per Article 41e. The highest ranking male officer shall then assume the role of captain.
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Collisions within Japan's Maritime Zones
42 - The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with respect to Collisions between Vessels is enforced within all of Japan's Maritime Zones.
43 - Vessels barred from entering any of Japan's Maritime Zones and who decide to enter any of Japan's Maritime Zones anyway will always be held accountable when involved in a collision, even if the other vessel is at fault.
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Port visits
44a - When a pilot is present, he becomes the person who is responsible for the safety of the vessel and its crew and the actions of the vessel.
44b - Once a pilot leaves the ship, the responsible for the safety of the vessel and its crew and the actions of the vessel will return to the captain of the vessel.
44c - At all times, the captain of the vessel will remain responsible for the actions of the crew, regardless of the presence of a pilot or not.
45 - Visitors to Japanese ports need to have their papers ready for inspection by officials of the Law and Customs Agency when leaving the ship.
46 - Small donation to the Orphans of the Sea Organization is appreciated but not mandatory when visiting a port in Japan.
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Pacific Maritime Safety Agency and Law and Customs Agency
47 - The Pacific Maritime Safety Agency is responsible for maritime patrols, search and rescue, hydrographic and oceanographic surveying and maritime traffic management within all of Japan's Maritime Zones.
48 - The Law and Customs Agency is responsible for law and order, customs, and inspections within Japan's Maritime Zones.
49 - Officials from the Law and Customs Agency at sea will always operate from vessels of the Pacific Maritime Safety Agency.
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Allow me to make something very obvious before you seek to make this canon.
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1 - As a player to do not accept any attempt to unilaterally extend Japanese territorial waters beyond the conventional three-mile limit.
2 - The question of demarcation of sea zones should be jointly discussed if they are to be applicable in this game
3- There are no period historical precedents for the proposals brought forward save reversion to the Seventeenth Century
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I particularly dislike that you feel the need to single out Germany for special treatment just because you - the player - do not appreciate German vessels being in your half of the world.
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We still wait for the rumored Japanese Atlantic Fleet to show up.
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You've reached the point where you are making this personal, and I do not appreciate it.
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In character and out, none of my nations would have a dreadful problem with 95% of the points listed here, aside from the fact that this is being done unilaterally, rather than by mutually-agreed treaty.
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If you bring this before the League of Nations as a treaty proposal for the various world powers to agree to / join in, then my countries would at least give the matter serious consideration.
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4B for example would prevent rescue aircraft from participating in rescues severely limiting response time and putting lives at risk.
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Also the Ban list is basically set at the whim of Japan and as such there is no real guarantee that particular rule cannot be abused, more so with a 12 mile limit.
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There are also other potential issues but I'll save comments for when I've finished reading the post tonight after work.
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It was too Wall of Text-y. A clean copy without the commentary might be easier to read.
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Japan's Maritime Zones
1a - There are three maritime zones around Japan: the Territorial Waters Zone, the Contiguous Zone and the Economic Control Zone.
1b - To determine its own limits properly, Japan shall always assume that other nations have similar zones, even if they never made such claims.
2a - Japan has ownership of or authority over all the waters within the boundaries of the Japanese maritime zones.
2b - The Empire of Japan has no ownership of any vessel within any of the Maritime Zones.
2c - Ownership of a vessel belongs to the owner that the ship is registered to, whether the owner is a person, a company, an organization or a nation.
2d - The Empire of Japan has no authority over any vessel within any of the Maritime Zones except for enforcing the rules and regulations for safety at sea within any of the Maritime Zones.
2e - Exceptions to Article 2b and Article 2d are those vessels that are registered as belonging to the Empire of Japan.
3a - The captain assigned to a vessel is the person who has authority over the vessel unless stated otherwise by the owner of the vessel.
3b - The captain assigned to a vessel is the person who is responsible for the safety and actions of the vessel and its crew unless stated otherwise by the owner of the vessel or when a pilot is present.
4a - When in any of Japan's maritime zones, all foreign military vessels are forbidden to fire, discharge or launch any kind of weapons other than salute guns except at the designated firing ranges.
4b - For safety reasons, any kind of aircraft launched from military vessels is considered a weapon.
4c - When in any of Japan's maritime zones, all foreign military vessels can request the Imperial Japanese Navy to make use of any of their firing ranges if they wish to.
Territorial Waters Zone
5a - In general, the limit of Japan's territorial waters is 12 nautical miles measured from Japan's coastal line.
5b - When the Japanese territorial waters overlap the territorial waters of another nation, a boundary will be drawn up halfway between Japan and the other nation as outer limit of the territorial waters.
5c - The waters between the islands of Japan are designated as "Archipelagic Waters" and considered to be part of the Territorial Waters Zone.
6 - Inside the Territorial Waters Zone, the Empire of Japan has control and ownership of all economic resources.
7a - Civilian vessels from all nations are allowed to freely pass through Japan's territorial waters.
7b - Military vessels from nations with ports on the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk are allowed to freely pass through Japan's territorial waters.
7c - Military vessels from India, the Philippines, Pacifica and Persia are allowed to freely pass through Japan's territorial waters.
7d - Military vessels from nations with ports in the East of Southeast Asia regions are allowed to freely pass through Japan's territorial waters after notifying the government of Japan either through their ambassador in Japan or through the Japanese ambassador in their nation.
7e - Military vessels from all other nations require permission to be able to freely pass through Japan's territorial waters from the Government of Japan. Permission is obtained either through their ambassador in Japan or the Japanese ambassador in their nation.
7f - In general, the Government of Japan will always grant permission to a nation asking for permission for their military vessels to pass freely though Japan's territorial waters.
7g - When in Japan's territorial waters, it is expected that the main battery of all foreign military vessels are turned away from Japanese land whenever it is visible except when in straits or canals or where ever land is visible on both sides.
8 - Nations or military vessels vessels from nations that have misbehaved themselves internationally or caused an international incident will be denied permission to enter Japan's territorial waters as through their actions they have proven that they cannot be trusted to abide to the Navigational Rules of Japan's Maritime Zones and behave themselves within Japan's Maritime Zones.
Territorial Waters Zone Ban List
9a - Chinese military vessels are currently banned from Japanese territorial waters due to multiple international incidents they caused, the most recent ones being the Normandie Transport Incident, the murder of the Normandie's pilot, Capitaine Nguyen Loc, and the Dong Fa 37 Spy Incident. Reevaluation of China's behavior and status will be held on July 9, 1950. (*)
9b - German military vessels are currently banned from Japanese territorial waters due to the New Guinea Incident. Reevaluation of Germany's behavior and status will be held on January 1, 1948. (**)
Contiguous Zone
10a - In general, the limit of Japan's Contiguous Zone is 42 nautical miles measured from Japan's coastal line.
10b - When the Japanese Contiguous Zone overlaps the Contiguous Zone of another nation, a boundary will be drawn up halfway between Japan and the other nation as outer limit of the two Contiguous Zones.
10c - No Contiguous Zone exists when Japan's Territorial Waters Zone touches the Territorial Waters Zone of another nation.
11 - Inside the Contiguous Zone, the Empire of Japan will exert control for the purpose of preventing or punishing violations of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea.
12 - Inside the Contiguous Zone, the Empire of Japan has control and ownership of all economic resources.
13 - Vessels from all nations are allowed to freely pass through Japan's Contiguous Zone.
14a - Vessels within the Contiguous Zone can expect inspections for the purpose of prevention of above mentioned violations by officials of the Law and Customs Agency who are assisted by the Pacific Maritime Safety Agency.
14b - Inspections will be done while a vessel targeted for inspection is on the move to minimize any delays in the journey of the vessel.
14c - The crew and passengers of a vessel targeted for inspection are requested to cooperate with officials of the Law and Customs Agency.
14d - Officials of the Law and Customs Agency are required to work as efficiently as possible and keep the disturbance to the operations of a vessel targeted for inspection to an absolute minimum, especially those operations that may create dangerous situations when disturbed.
14e - Officials of the Law and Customs Agency are required to complete their work and be off a vessel targeted for inspection before it reaches the limits of Japan's territorial waters, preferably sooner.
15a - As the authoritative figure of a vessel targeted for inspection, the captain has full rights to deny the officials of the Law and Customs Agency access to his vessel for inspection when his vessel is within Japan's Contiguous Zone.
15b - The captain of vessel targeted for inspection who has opted to deny the officials of the Law and Customs Agency access to his vessel should be aware that the inspection will be performed within Japan's territorial waters in any of the designated bays along the coast of Japan.
15c - When the inspection is going to be performed within Japan's territorial waters, the vessel is required to come to a full stop during the inspection of the vessel by the officials of the Law and Customs Agency.
15d - When the inspection is going to be performed within Japan's territorial waters, the vessel is not allowed to move any further until the inspection of the vessel is completed and the officials of the Law and Customs Agency have left the ship.
15e - When the inspection is going to be performed within Japan's territorial waters, the Empire of Japan cannot be held responsible for financial damages as a result of delays caused by stopping the vessel and the inspection.
Economic Control Zone
16a - In general, the limit of Japan's Economic Control Zone is 292 nautical miles measured from Japan's coastal line.
16b - When the Japanese Economic Control Zone overlaps the Economic Control Zone of another nation, a boundary will be drawn up halfway between Japan and the other nation as outer limit of the two Economic Control Zones.
16c - No Economic Control Zone exists when Japan's Territorial Waters Zone touches the Territorial Waters Zone of another nation.
16d - No Economic Control Zone exists when Japan's Contiguous Zone touches the Contiguous Zone of another nation.
17 - Inside the Economic Control Zone, the Empire of Japan has control of all economic resources.
18a - Nations in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions have access to the economic resources within Japan's Economic Control Zone.
18b - In the interest of the local economies and trade and commerce, vessels from nations outside the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions have no access to the economic resources within Japan's Economic Control Zone.
18c - Nations outside the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions who wish to get economic resources from Japan's Economic Control Zone can buy them either directly from Japan or any of the nations in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions that acquire economic resources from Japan's Economic Control Zone
19 - There is no limit to the amount of an economic resource that can be obtained. (***)
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21 - Nations in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions that have misbehaved themselves internationally or caused an international incident will be denied access to the economic resources within Japan's Economic Control Zone.
Economic Control Zone Ban List
22a - China is currently banned from accessing economic resources within Japan's Economic Control Zone for multiple international incidents, the most recent ones being the Normandie Transport Incident, the murder of the Normandie's pilot, Capitaine Nguyen Loc, and the Dong Fa 37 Spy Incident. Reevaluation of China's behavior and status will be held on July 9, 1948. (*)
Requirements of vessels wishing to enter Japan's Maritime Zones
23 - Surface radar and direct communications radio are recommended.
24a - Radio receiver capable of receiving weather reports from Japan's Central Meteorological Observatory is mandatory.
24b - Radio receivers are available at Japanese ports for ships unable to obtain radio receivers in their land of origin or to replace damaged radio receivers free of charge.
25a - Signal lamp is mandatory.
25b - Signal lamps are available at Japanese ports for ships unable to obtain the proper equipment in their land of origin or to replace damaged lights free of charge.
26a - Mandatory lighting on vessels. One white at stern, one white masthead, two white forward side of bridge, one red left, one green right.
26b - Lights are available at Japanese ports for ships unable to obtain the proper equipment in their land of origin or need to replace damaged lights free of charge.
27 - For easy identification purposes, name and/or number of the vessels must be clearly marked on the vessel at the following locations: bow (both sides), stern (directed aft), front of bridge.
Navigational Rules of Japan's Maritime Zones
28 - All vessels moving through any of the Japanese Maritime Zones are expected to abide to the Navigational Rules of Japan's Maritime Zones.
29 - When in a strait or a Canal, all vessels must keep left at all times.
30 - Passing will take place starboard-to-starboard. Vessels heading in opposing direction will pass each other on the green light side. (****)
31 - Overtaking will take place on the port side. Vessels heading in the same direction will overtake each other on the red light side.
Marine salvaging within Japan's Maritime Zones
32 - Vessels lost or abandoned within any of Japan's Maritime Zones will come under the protection of the Empire of Japan.
33 - Vessels lost or abandoned within any of Japan's Maritime Zones will not be considered to be economic resources.
34 - Ownership of vessels lost or abandoned within any of Japan's Maritime Zones will remain with the nation, company, organization or person that the vessel belonged to.
35a - Salvage of vessels lost or abandoned within any of Japan's Maritime Zones can only be done by the rightful owners or by a 3rd party that has received permission from the owners to salvage the lost vessel.
35b - Salvage of vessels lost or abandoned within any of Japan's Maritime Zones by a 3rd party can only begin after the Empire of Japan has verified that the 3rd party in question has indeed permission from the rightful owners to salvage the vessel.
35c - Illegal salvagers will be arrested and, if the owners wish to prosecute the illegal salvagers, they will be tried either in Japan or in the nation of the owners.
Law and Japan's Maritime Zones
36 - It is illegal to smuggle either whole or parts of weapons, drugs, humans, poisonous gasses and other dangerous goods into Japan.
37 - Criminals smuggling illegal goods can be apprehended in any of Japan's Maritime Zones and will be tried in Japan.
38a - A vessel or vessels of a nation in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions can, when notifying Japan, apprehend criminals or vessels used for criminal activities within any of Japan's Maritime Zones. (*****)
38b - A vessel or vessels of a nation in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions can ask the Imperial Japanese Navy and/or the Pacific Maritime Safety Agency to assist in apprehending criminals or vessels used for criminal activities within any of Japan's Maritime Zones.
38c - Even with assistance from the Imperial Japanese Navy and/or the Pacific Maritime Safety Agency, the final arrest of criminals or the crew of vessels used for criminal activities should always be carried out by crew members of the vessel(s) of the nation in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions that was/were chasing the criminals or vessel used for criminal activities.
38d - A vessel or vessels of a nation in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions are, when notifying Japan, allowed to ignore Article 4a and fire, discharge or launch any kind of weapons at criminals or vessels used for criminal activities within any of Japan's Maritime Zones.
38e - A vessel or vessels of a nation in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions should try to limit the firing, discharging or launching of any kind of weapons so that the criminals or vessels used for criminal activities are stopped or disabled.
38f - Killing criminals and/or sinking vessels used for criminal activities should only be used as a last resort.
38g - Criminals or the crew of a vessel used for criminal activities will be tried in the nation to which the chasing vessel(s) belong to.
39 - Any vessel within Japan's Maritime Zones that engages in the act of piracy will be attacked and sunk.
Calamity at Sea
40a - The Birkenhead Drill is law and is applied to all Japanese Maritime Zones.
40b - The Birkenhead Drill shall also include the injured and the elderly.
41a - With passenger ships, the crew abandons ship after the passengers have abandoned ship.
41b - With passenger ships, military personnel travelling as passengers will abandon ship after the passengers but prior to the crew.
41c - Exception to 41a are crew members assigned to man the lifeboats meant to bring the passengers to safety.
41d - The captain of a vessel either goes down with his ship or is the last person to abandon the ship.
41e - With passenger ships, female crew, injured crew and elderly crew shall abandon ship after female passengers, injured passengers and elderly passengers but before male passengers.
41f - A female captain abandons ships as per Article 41d. The highest ranking male officer shall then assume the role of captain.
Collisions within Japan's Maritime Zones
42 - The Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with respect to Collisions between Vessels is enforced within all of Japan's Maritime Zones.
43 - Vessels barred from entering any of Japan's Maritime Zones and who decide to enter any of Japan's Maritime Zones anyway will always be held accountable when involved in a collision, even if the other vessel is at fault.
Port visits
44a - When a pilot is present, he becomes the person who is responsible for the safety of the vessel and its crew and the actions of the vessel.
44b - Once a pilot leaves the ship, the responsible for the safety of the vessel and its crew and the actions of the vessel will return to the captain of the vessel.
44c - At all times, the captain of the vessel will remain responsible for the actions of the crew, regardless of the presence of a pilot or not.
45 - Visitors to Japanese ports need to have their papers ready for inspection by officials of the Law and Customs Agency when leaving the ship.
46 - Small donation to the Orphans of the Sea Organization is appreciated but not mandatory when visiting a port in Japan.
Pacific Maritime Safety Agency and Law and Customs Agency
47 - The Pacific Maritime Safety Agency is responsible for maritime patrols, search and rescue, hydrographic and oceanographic surveying and maritime traffic management within all of Japan's Maritime Zones.
48 - The Law and Customs Agency is responsible for law and order, customs, and inspections within Japan's Maritime Zones.
49 - Officials from the Law and Customs Agency at sea will always operate from vessels of the Pacific Maritime Safety Agency.
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(*) Date is 48 months after the conviction of the crew of the Dong Fa 37 on July 9, 1946.
(**) Date is 24 months after Australia's Overflight Protest on January 1, 1946.
(***) It could be decided in the future that a limit on an economic resource is required but right now I doubt anyone on Earth is worrying too much about limited resources.
(****) This will ensure that Aircraft Carriers will always have a good view of passing vessels heading in opposing direction.
(*****) Meaning that none of the Japanese Zones, not even the Territorial Waters Zone, is a safe haven for criminals.
Also Japan is not the only nation that has limits beyond the 3-mile limit, but apparently it is okay for those players/nations to do it but not for me/Japan.
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The only nation that comes to mind is China, and to the best of my knowledge, no other nation has accepted their claims. France has, on previous occasions, placed submarines offshore within the 11-mile and outside the 3-mile limit. It was never done in an in-your-face fashion, but it was done.
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(I think most people claim a 12-mile zone at this time, but perhaps we should put it into writing?)
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I'd forgot about the discussion I started as Ireland way back when. Going have to read over that thread again.
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First i have to say, Roo you really have too much time !!!
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It will take hours until I have read it completely and especially understood it.
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by the way .... a map where all zones are shown will be very helpful.
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The only nation that comes to mind is China, and to the best of my knowledge, no other nation has accepted their claims. France has, on previous occasions, placed submarines offshore within the 11-mile and outside the 3-mile limit. It was never done in an in-your-face fashion, but it was done.
Well, looking at the Territorial Waters thread, you did mention...
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(I think most people claim a 12-mile zone at this time, but perhaps we should put it into writing?)
... back then at the very beginning which actually suggests more nations claiming territorial waters greater than the 3 mile limit that I can remember...
I believe that China pushed its limits out because Russia did it before them. The Philippines had greater limits as well and I think there may have been a couple more nations.
Actually this was all put together in a ~7 month period. You make it sound like I did this in less than a week.
Yes, sorry for making you waste your precious time.
I'll be honest, I have looked at that in the beginning and thought "That's impossible for me." I'll take another look at it, but especially everything that's projected towards the Philippines, China, Chosen and Russia I would have to figure out dot by dot. I can't just draw a line and say "that's it." That's not accurate.
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Sorry, I did not mean to offend you. I meant my statement rather than a sign of respect for your work.
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Ironic mode on So may be it will be easier for Japan to reduce all zones to a 12 mile zone, this you can draw - perhaps. Ironic mode off
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For an exact map you are surely absolutely right, but for a rough quick and dirty map, to have with one view the problematical zones (collision with zones of other countries) in focus - it would be very helpful.
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1b - To determine its own limits properly, Japan shall always assume that other nations have similar zones, even if they never made such claims.
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2a - Japan has ownership of or authority over all the waters within the boundaries of the Japanese maritime zones.
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2e - Exceptions to Article 2b and Article 2d are those vessels that are registered as belonging to the Empire of Japan.
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4b - For safety reasons, any kind of aircraft launched from military vessels is considered a weapon.
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5a - In general, the limit of Japan's territorial waters is 12 nautical miles measured from Japan's coastal line.
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5b - When the Japanese territorial waters overlap the territorial waters of another nation, a boundary will be drawn up halfway between Japan and the other nation as outer limit of the territorial waters.
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7g - When in Japan's territorial waters, it is expected that the main battery of all foreign military vessels are turned away from Japanese land whenever it is visible except when in straits or canals or where ever land is visible on both sides.
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8 - Nations or military vessels from nations that have misbehaved themselves internationally or caused an international incident will be denied permission to enter Japan's territorial waters as through their actions they have proven that they cannot be trusted to abide to the Navigational Rules of Japan's Maritime Zones and behave themselves within Japan's Maritime Zones.
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Territorial Waters Zone Ban List
9a - Chinese military vessels are currently banned...
9b - German military vessels are currently banned...
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11 - Inside the Contiguous Zone, the Empire of Japan will exert control for the purpose of preventing or punishing violations of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea.
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15a - As the authoritative figure of a vessel targeted for inspection, the captain has full rights to deny the officials of the Law and Customs Agency access to his vessel for inspection when his vessel is within Japan's Contiguous Zone.
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17 - Inside the Economic Control Zone, the Empire of Japan has control of all economic resources.
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21 - Nations in the East Asia and Southeast Asia regions that have misbehaved themselves internationally or caused an international incident will be denied access to the economic resources within Japan's Economic Control Zone.
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28 - All vessels moving through any of the Japanese Maritime Zones are expected to abide to the Navigational Rules of Japan's Maritime Zones.[\Quote]
I'd rather follow international laws of navigation (which these probably mostly are). Don't like good seamanship being dressed up as nationalistic codes.
If they don't exist in WW then I say we should get some international rules that apply worldwide pronto.
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Calamity at Sea
40a - The Birkenhead Drill is law and is applied to all Japanese Maritime Zones.
40b - The Birkenhead Drill shall also include the injured and the elderly.
I'd rather save all souls aboard vessels.
Bruce earlier dismissed this out of hand and refuses to accept it. I'm not sure we can dismiss the fact if it exists as news. If I say in my news "on May 14 the M24 motorway from East Cheam to Orbiston Parva opened" that is accepted as fact, its in the news and there is no IC or OOC reason to disbelieve it. We can't write Walter's proposal off as unexisting, it opens a can of worm as to what news we accept or not and whether we have to approve all ideas by committee.
This is not to say this does not affect the entire playerbase because it does.
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There is great advantage to go to 12 miles perhaps, an acceptance of this zoning concept must result in copies everywhere. IC Japan assumes this and OOC Walter must assume this too. Whether the results would be beneficial is open to question.
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Bruce earlier dismissed this out of hand and refuses to accept it. I'm not sure we can dismiss the fact if it exists as news. If I say in my news "on May 14 the M24 motorway from East Cheam to Orbiston Parva opened" that is accepted as fact, its in the news and there is no IC or OOC reason to disbelieve it. We can't write Walter's proposal off as unexisting, it opens a can of worm as to what news we accept or not and whether we have to approve all ideas by committee.
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This does sound like extension of territorial waters to me. Seems to conflict with 2b, 2c and 2d.
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The best to clarify would be by port of registration. All vessels registered on the Japanese register and those with home port registrations.
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Seems overkill to me, obvious military reasons behind this.
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Probably not necessary.
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Its a thin smokescreen for denying access on false pretexts.
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What misbehaviour or kinds of international incident? Marine, land? Where, locally or 5,000 miles away? Too vague.
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However not sure what real effect this would have as its military vessels within 12 miles and does not effect merchant traffic.
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Again, evidence of smokescreen, what did these events have to do with Japan or maritime safety? What's the context for Japan in connection with territorial waters?
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The question is why? What does Japan gain in most of these cases that enforcement at 12 miles would not offer?
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So why bother with all this text? If no-one abides or recognises this then most of this is meaningless.
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Seems a big (underwater) land grab to me.
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If everyone gets the same privileges then maybe I'd back this. Everyone local has free access so that's good but Japan is making a profit on all this.
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Denying trade, one could argue who looses more? Japan or the banned nation?
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If they don't exist in WW then I say we should get some international rules that apply worldwide pronto.
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I'd rather save all souls aboard vessels.
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However, this issue is challenging the whole concept of where the nation's border (at sea) actually IS - and that is both an in-character and out-of-character problem
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That's why I've been hinting so often for Japan to take this to the League as a proposal, rather than declaring it unilaterally.
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However, this issue is challenging the whole concept of where the nation's border (at sea) actually IS - and that is both an in-character and out-of-character problem
If it is an OOC problem, why was it not brought up when the very first nation did it? Why was it not brought up when the second nation did it or the third? Why was it not brought up when Japan did it back in 1940/2011? There never was an OOC problem and only now it is being made an OOC problem.
To me, both IC and OOC, the 3 mile limit is completely outdated. Hell, it is even "miles" and not "nautical miles". That is how outdated and useless it is and in these *ahem* modern times of the 1940s it is completely unacceptable (but that is of course my/Japan's opinion).
Still thinking about the Irish proposal, what was the reason it failed anyway? Did it need to be unanimous IC or was it not necessary and we wrongfully assumed that it needed to be unanimous IC?
As I said above, if you want to continue with this course in-character, I am not going to stop you. I'm just reminding you that:
- This sim's rules are set by general consensus.
- My understanding is that the consensus is still with the three-mile limit. (If this is not the case, I need to hear what everyone else has to say.)
Therefore, if you claim all these zones and stuff, you can do that in-character; but you need to recognize that your authority as a player is still going to end at the three-mile limit, until such a time as the majority consensus changes.
I believe Bruce is stating his absolute opposition to changing that consensus, and I believe you're misquoting him to claim otherwise.
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