191A Study on the Comparability of Islands on Maritime BoundariesThe area covered by “Japanese history” as a subject in secondary education is basically the current national territory of Japan. Therefore, the describing structure of history textbooks about the period before Hokkaido and the Nansei Islands （南西諸島） came under the control of the Japanese central government is similar to simply adding northern and southern history to the history of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Furthermore, the history of Taiwan and the Korean Peninsula, which were once ruled by the Japanese Empire, is not mentioned, except with regard to their relationship with Japan. Students may be led to misunderstand that the national territory of Japan is self-evident, learning Japanese history in this way. It is important to cultivate students' historical thinking by relativizing the concept of national borders.For that purpose, islands in border areas can be educational materials. Borders have changed historically and islands in those areas were placed in the midst of the change. Thus there are phenomena such as daily cross-border travel by islanders and cultural mixing in islands on maritime boundaries. Considering the external exchanges surrounding these islands in history from the perspective of the residents rather than the nation, it becomes possible to relativize the concept of borders in modern society.In this paper, the issues and limitations of “Remote Territorial Islands” as a piece of administrative terminology in modern Japan are firstly examined. Subsequently, the history, culture, society, politics, economy and interaction of islands in maritime boundaries in East Asia such as Tsushima Island （対馬）, Iki Island （壱岐）, the Goto Islands （五島列島）, the Yaeyama Islands （八重山諸島）, Kinmen Island （金門島） and Baengnyeong-do Island （白翎島） are reviewed. Moreover, by comparing these islands, perspectives for analyzing islands on maritime boundaries can be identified, making it possible to use these islands in education.Ryosuke KAKINUMA
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