On the occasion of land inheritance, the registration was not renewed and the owner was unknown The private study group, chaired by Mr. Hiroya Masuda who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and others for the "owner unknown land" , Summarized the recommendations.

This study group estimates that if the measures are not going forward, the owner-unknown land that is estimated to be 4.1 million hectares already equivalent to Kyushu will increase to 1.75 times in 2040 .

In this recommendation, in order not to increase the "owner unknown land", for the registrations not mandated by the current law, when inheritance of land the lawyers etc are involved , It is said that a mechanism should be created to ensure that registrations are updated.

Furthermore, if the land owned by the individual is far away, it is difficult to use or manage, or if the buyer can not sell without buying it, accept the land ownership right away, It is said that organizations such as NPOs need to create a new mechanism to manage such land.

By telling the recommendation to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism etc., Mr. Masuda said, "Although ministries and agencies have also started to solve the problem of unknown owner land, there are still many tasks I want to keep an eye on the country's efforts in the future. "