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A restaurant in Japan’s Osaka had to apologise after one of its outlets posted a sign on its door banning Chinese tourists because they were allegedly “impolite”. Hayashin Charcoal-Grilled ...

“This helps support local businesses to continue providing us lucky visitors with amazing experiences and preserve important parts of Japan’s culture, like tiny mom-and-pop restaurants or ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A restaurant in Osaka, Japan, caused a stir when it posted a notice at its entrance. The notice banned Chinese customers due to their perceived rudeness. A Japanese yakitori or ...

Japan may allow foreign nationals to work under its specified skilled worker program at restaurants in hotels licensed under the entertainment business law in response to severe labor shortages ...

Japanese restaurant chain Sukiya will temporarily shut nearly all of its roughly 2,000 branches after a rat was found in a miso soup and a bug in another meal, the company said Saturday.

Japanese beverages giant Asahi Group Holdings has decided to offload a restaurant business in its domestic market. The company's Japanese leg, Asahi Group Japan, agreed to sell its Nadaman ...

Toridoll Holdings, the Japanese restaurant giant controlled by billionaire Takaya Awata, has proposed to take its Hong Kong noodle chain Tam Jai International private for at least HK$548 million ...

One of Japan's biggest restaurant chains is closing its outlets for deep cleaning, after two incidents of customers finding pests - including a rat - in their food. Sukiya, known for its beef-on ...