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Article: Yoko Ono joins Tokyo property fray.(Main News)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has added her voice to the growing opposition to the plan of the Arroyo government to bid out the Philippine-owned Fujimi property in Tokyo, Japan, and convert it into a commercial multi-story building.As it turns out, the property located in Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, one of the most upscale real estate sites in Tokyo, is Ono’s ancestral home. Her opposition to the sale of the property appeared in the pages of a newspaper published in Japan last October 31.The building was in fact built in the 30's after the great Tokyo earthquake of 1923 that flattened the city, including historical houses like that of a former baron who was close to the ...
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