Restaurant Industry

Osaka restaurant family ordered out after visa renewal refused despite meeting new rules

A Chinese family running a Shanghai restaurant near Umeda was told to leave Japan within 30 days after immigration rejected their manager visa renewal, even though they met the tightened criteria.

residents · 9 Nov

CoCo Ichibanya's late-night surcharge lands: September customer counts fall 7%

Existing-store traffic at the curry chain dropped 7.0% year on year in September, the month it began charging extra from 10pm to 5am. Average spend rose 6.1%, but sales still fell.

business · 7 Nov