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The Toyama prefectural government has instructed two businesses targeting foreign residents to improve their business practices after discovering they had disregarded the city planning law, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The prefectural government intends to issue similar instructions for seven other businesses in the near future. If the conditions of the instructions are not met, the businesses will be ordered to cease operations. If the orders are again ignored, the prefectural government will file criminal complaints against them.

The Construction and Transport Ministry is demanding the prefecture also investigate the about 170 such businesses in the area that are believed to be on the edge of the law as part of a clampdown on businesses encroaching on the countryside.

The businesses, often run by foreign residents, including Pakistanis, are largely made up of used-car dealerships, of which there are hundreds in the prefecture, largely in the area around Fushiki Toyama Port.

The nine businesses for which the guidance has been issued or scheduled comprise five used-car dealerships, a mosque, a real estate office targeting foreigners, a money exchange business and a used-appliance store. The operators of the locations include Japanese, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis, among others.

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