基地周辺、調査対象に　安保土地法成立、曖昧さ否めず

　自衛隊基地周辺や国境離島など安全保障上重要な土地の利用を規制する新法「重要土地等調査法」が１６日未明の参院本会議で、自民、公明両党と日本維新の会、国民民主党などの賛成多数で可決、成立した。国は区域を指定した上で土地・建物の所有者らを対象に氏名や国籍、利用状況を調査できる。過去に中国や韓国の資本による不透明な土地購入の例があり、こうした動きの監視が目的だ。
　立憲民主、共産両党は「私権制限」につながるとして反対。参院内閣委員会の審議では「自国民も調査対象になりかねない」「どの地域が対象になり、どんな行為が罰則を受けるのか不明確」との批判が上がり、参考人からも対象区域で土地価格が下落する可能性が指摘された。（2021/06/16-04:15）

The Diet, Japan's parliament, on Wednesday enacted a bill to regulate the use of land lots that are important for national security, such as areas near Self-Defense Forces bases and remote border islands.
   The House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, approved the bill at a plenary session by a majority vote with support from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, Komeito, as well as some opposition forces including the Democratic Party for the People.
   The bill cleared the House of Representatives, the lower chamber, earlier this month.
   The new law will allow the government to investigate the names and nationalities of owners of land lots and buildings in designated areas, as well as how the properties are being used.
   As dubious real estate transactions by Chinese and South Korean nationals and firms were seen in Japan in the past, the legislation is intended to give the government authority to monitor such cases.