The ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to submit a bill to the Diet aimed at keeping remote islands near borders inhabited as China becomes increasingly assertive on the high seas, party officials said Friday.
The LDP’s panels on disputed islands and the economic promotion of remote islands, held a joint meeting Friday and proposed an outline of the bill, which encourages the central government to purchase land on those islands and provide financial support to residents.
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