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        "id": 1848389,
        "msgid": "japan-passes-law-to-strengthen-governance-of-remote-island-economic-zones-1783522500",
        "date": "2026-07-08 20:58:29",
        "title": "Japan Passes Law to Strengthen Governance of Remote Island Economic Zones",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Japan's parliament has revised a law to bolster the management of its Exclusive Economic Zone by providing financial support to remote border islands. The legislation extends incentives, including transport subsidies and fisheries aid, for another decade to prevent depopulation. Six additional islands have been added to the support list for the first time since the law's enactment in 2017.",
        "content": "<p>Japan\u2019s parliament on Wednesday approved a revision to a law aimed at\nstrengthening the governance of the nation\u2019s Exclusive Economic Zone\n(EEZ) by providing financial support to remote islands near its borders\nto prevent them from becoming uninhabited. Under the special law for\nremote populated islands, 77 small islands across nine prefectures will\nreceive government incentives to maintain local communities. These\nincentives include reductions in air and sea transport fares, as well as\nassistance to stabilise the fishing industry. The move comes as the\nJapanese government seeks to establish a robust policy framework for\nmanaging its territorial waters and EEZ, which together span an area of\n4.47 million square kilometres. The special law was previously set to\nexpire in March 2027, but the revision extends its validity for another\n10 years. Among the islands already listed for incentives are Tsushima\nIsland in Nagasaki Prefecture, located about 50 kilometres from South\nKorea, and Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in the Pacific\nOcean. The revision adds six new islands to the list: Teuri Island and\nYagishiri Island in Hokkaido Prefecture; Tobishima Island in Yamagata\nPrefecture and Awashima Island in Niigata Prefecture; as well as Niijima\nIsland and Shikine Island, which are part of the Tokyo Metropolitan\narea. This marks the first addition of islands since the law came into\neffect in 2017. The legislation mandates the central government to take\nresponsibility for implementing measures to combat depopulation on\nremote islands. Through this revision, prefectural governments with\nborder islands are also encouraged to take similar steps and to promote\ntourism sectors that can attract visitors to these islands.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/japan-passes-law-to-strengthen-governance-of-remote-island-economic-zones-1783522500",
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