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日本が280海里離れた島を国有化しようとしております。
Japan plans to register 280 remote islands as national assets
TOKYO —
Japan is set to clarify the ownership of 280 remote islands in its territorial waters and register them as national assets, a move that could rile China and South Korea, which are engaged in territorial disputes with Tokyo.
Japan’s move to survey the islands and claim those with no apparent owners was announced this week and continues a plan first begun five years ago, an official at the country’s Oceanic Policy and Territorial Issues secretariat said.
“Basically the idea is to register these islands as national assets,” said the official, who declined to be identified.
記事の中に出てくる”rile”を『Wisdom英和辞典(第三版)』(三省堂)で調べると「激怒させる,怒らせる」という意味がありました。領土問題で中国,韓国と争っている中でこのような動きをすると両国を激怒させるだろうという内容です。(Ume)