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17 APLPJ [i] (2015-2016)

handle is hein.journals/aplpj17 and id is 1 raw text is: Ke Welina! The editors of the Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal (APLPJ) are proud to present our Fall 2015 issue (Volume 17, Issue 1). Our staff has put together a diverse set of distinct articles that examine an array of significant and interesting legal topics. This issue contains three articles and one comment, covering a variety of legal issues and policy explorations in the nations of Japan, China, and India. The first article we present in this APLPJ Issue is, Gender, Law and Policy: Japan's National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security. It is written by Jody M. Prescott, Eiko Iwata, and Becca H. Pincus. The authors discuss the challenge of how Japan's long-term declining birth rate has forced the Japanese government to institute a national action plan to increase the participation of Japanese women in the economy and government. The authors analyze how this national action plan bolsters the responsibilities of Japanese women in the nation's military forces, specifically in regards to the Japan Self-Defenses Force program. The article concludes by discussing the overall evolution of the national action plan, and predicting the future of Japanese women's roles in governmental positions. The second article is entitled How American Common Law Doctrines May Inform Mainland China to Achieve Certainty in Land Sale Contracts. The author, Dr. Wei Wen, explores one of the most significant legal problems confronting Mainland China today, which is whether or not written form is mandatorily required for the formation and enforcement of land sale contracts. This article compares China's current contract law structure with legal systems of the United States, the United Kingdom, and other western nations and delves deep into the intricacies of land ownership and land contracts in Mainland China. We continue the coverage of legal issues in China with the comment, Procedural Perils: China's Supreme People's Court on the Enforcement of Awards in International Arbitration. The author, Alyssa S. King, discusses refusals by People's Republic of China courts to enforce arbitral awards obtained by foreign companies against Chinese companies. She finds that, based on cases which suggest the Supreme People's Court is concerned about what it views as procedural problems rendering a process unfair to Chinese companies, foreign parties must overcome protective attitudes towards local, PRC companies based on perceived bias against them abroad. Our final article is entitled Disjuncture in Law, Policy and Practice: The Situation of Child Welfare in India's Conflict Affected Regions. Written by Dr. Samrat Sinha and Dr. Upasana Mahanta, this article addresses the pervasive problem of violence in India and compiles various reports which show correlation between such armed conflict with long- term physical and psychological consequences inflicted upon its child victims. Dr. Sinha and Dr. Mahanta go on to map out the national policies, legislative frameworks and schemes designed to address child protection and child development issues in these regions, along with state assistance programs established in conflict-affected regions. The authors end by drawing attention to the need for systemic reform in formulating mechanisms for child

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