By: Keisuke Iwata, Japan Times Local-level authorities are stepping up efforts to attract Muslim tourists to their holiday spots as Japan becomes a prime destination for the growing middle-class population of Southeast Asia. Their efforts center on promoting local businesses’ ...
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Japan: Championing halal in an unlikely market
By A Z M Anas, Financial Express Bangladeshi-Japanese Badal Chaklader, originally from Bikrampur, is obsessed with ‘halal’. And the 46-year-old food purveyor is profiting from it in a nation, where Islam is not a dominant faith. The man, who moved ...
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By Shafaat Shahbandari, Gulf News Eye on Muslim tourists as Japan highlights Mosques, Halal food Dubai: Fresh off celebrating it’s own National Day on Thursday, Japan is going all out to woo Muslim tourists as it issues special guide of ...
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KUALA Lumpur —The Halal International Chamber of Commerce and Industries of the Philippines Inc. (HICCIP) has unveiled plans to put up a billion-peso halal hub in Mindanao. Halal Chamber President and Chief Executive Officer Ustadz Alexander Sultan said the chamber has ...
Read More »Turkey: Nestlé expands plant for growth in Saudi Arabia
Nestlé has expanded a plant in Turkey’s northwestern province of Karacabey in Bursa to produce Maggi bouillon products for the North African and the Middle Eastern markets, with a focus on Saudi Arabia. The company has invested 22 million Turkish ...
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