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Japan's rush into Myanmar snags on land ownership issues

By Antoni Slodkowski THILAWA, Myanmar, Jan 24 (Reuters) - If Japan's plans to develop a massive industrial complex in Myanmar push ahead, Win Aung's village will be cut in half, his cottage and ricefields razed. The 39-year-old is one of hundreds of farmers who make their living off rice paddies earmarked for the Thilawa economic zone, a project that has become the centrepiece of Japanese investment in Myanmar.
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