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Based on 7 verified sources covering Finland, Myanmar, Thailand:

NISEKO, HOKKAIDO -- The chief of YTL Hotels on Thursday said his company will keep bulking up its luxury presence in the booming Niseko winter resort town, which has become a magnet for international capital. [1]

TOKYO -- When a Bangladeshi man Hakim Md. Nasirul and his friends turned a house they had bought in a residential area in the city of Chiba into a mosque four years ago, it raised eyebrows in the neighborhood. [2]

TOKYO -- The grounds of Akasaka Palace stand empty here at a time of year usually full of tourists, as the gates remain closed to both high-profile visitors and everyday tourists alike. [3]

The redebated plans to build a high-rise building opposite Åbo Akademis ASA house at Fänriksgatan in Turku are progressing. The City Planning and Environment Board approved the detailed plan following a vote on Tuesday’s meeting. (translated from sv) [4]

SAPPORO, Japan -- A beloved fruit parlor from Kinokawa, Wakayama prefecture in western Japan, has made its way to a popular resort town of Noboribetsu in Hokkaido. [5]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-12-07 · 35% match

Japan's first Ritz-Carlton Reserve to land in Niseko

NISEKO, HOKKAIDO -- The chief of YTL Hotels on Thursday said his company will keep bulking up its luxury presence in the booming Niseko winter resort town, which has become a magnet for international capital.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-03-26 · 33% match

Japan moves gingerly toward accepting immigrants

TOKYO -- When a Bangladeshi man Hakim Md. Nasirul and his friends turned a house they had bought in a residential area in the city of Chiba into a mosque four years ago, it raised eyebrows in the neighborhood.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-05-08 · 32% match

Japan's State Guest House silently awaits return of VIPs

TOKYO -- The grounds of Akasaka Palace stand empty here at a time of year usually full of tourists, as the gates remain closed to both high-profile visitors and everyday tourists alike.

[4] FI yle.fi · 2013-10-23 · 31% match translated from sv

Omdebatterat höghus fick grönt ljus i Åbo

The redebated plans to build a high-rise building opposite Åbo Akademis ASA house at Fänriksgatan in Turku are progressing. The City Planning and Environment Board approved the detailed plan following a vote on Tuesday’s meeting.

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[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-03-09 · 31% match

Fresh fruit parfaits await inbound visitors in Japan's Noboribetsu

SAPPORO, Japan -- A beloved fruit parlor from Kinokawa, Wakayama prefecture in western Japan, has made its way to a popular resort town of Noboribetsu in Hokkaido.

[6] FI yle.fi · 2013-12-06 · 30% match

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If the sixth graders at Heinola’s Niemelä school got to make the decisions on Independence Day, it would be pizza for lunch. For them, above all, independence means freedom – and free days.

[7] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 34% match

Forced Relocation Underway for New Town in Delta

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