nostr:npub1ler6glvf3vsk23atu4d4ts6w2ycppynsygtqc8dqrlrj5z3z4ezq0eg24g Japan's govt, too, doesn't seem to have its eye on the ball re strategic land purchases in #Japan or has let commercial interests blind it to security concerns including water rights.

"A Chinese-affiliated company...bought about half of the uninhabited isle of Yanahajima, located north of Okinawa Prefecture’s main island..."
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14840908

"...Chinese investors have acquired tracts of land on Hokkaido, which has strategic value..."
https://thediplomat.com/2021/03/does-japan-need-to-control-land-purchases-by-foreigners/