Abstract
Promotion of remote island regions in Japan has began with the Remote Islands Development Act established in 1953 (S28). In this paper, in order to contribute to the discussion of the remote islands development issues, the legislative background of the Remote Islands Development Act was sorted out from the necessity of legislative measures and the situation of remote islands at the time. As a result, at the time of enacting the law, 1) there was a difference in stance in the policy of regional development of the country and remote islands related prefectures, thereby 2) the priority of remote islands development was extremely low, and 3) as more than half of the workers were primary industries, their per capita income was low and capital strength and administrative power was poor.
