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A Japanese town wrestles with identity after protests over its first mosque

Today, it’s a field of grass. But soon, it’ll be the site of the first mosque in this Japanese town.

“It makes me worry about how our community might change,” says long-time resident Noriko Izumizawa.

Plans to build an Islamic religious site in Fujisawa, a laid-back seaside town about an hour’s drive south of Tokyo, have sparked a wide range of emotions.

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