How onigiri, not as famous as ramen or sushi, became Japan’s soul food
The word onigiri became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year, proof that the humble sticky-rice ball and mainstay of Japanese food has entered the global lexicon.
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Japan group led by Royal Holdings starts U.S. sushi business
TOKYO -- One of Japan's biggest restaurant groups is the latest company to wade into the U.S. market for sushi.
Japan's Sushiro parent opens first U.S. sushi restaurant in Boston
BOSTON, Massachusetts -- The group behind Sushiro, Japan's largest conveyor-belt sushi chain, officially opened its first sushi restaurant in the U.S. on Thursday in Boston.
Taiwan to tear down Chiang Kai-shek statues, Hong Kong’s sushi packaging guessing game: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week
Some overseas attendees at Canton Fair said that despite the reports in the West of the threats caused by China’s overcapacity in the new energy sector, they cannot resist the temptation to see how cheap and affordable the Chinese products are.
Watami to buy U.S.-based Sonny Sushi for $6m
TOKYO -- Japan's Watami will acquire U.S.-based Sonny Sushi, which supplies sushi products to supermarkets and hotels, for $6 million in its first entry into the American market, Nikkei has learned.
End of the sushi line? In Japan, conveyor-belt restaurants face uncertain future amid hygiene, waste concerns
The Asahi newspaper reported last week that one of the largest “kaiten sushi” chains in Tokyo, Sushi Choushimura, had not reinstalled a conveyor belt at a renovated restaurant in Nerima Ward that reopened in October, and the company would start to phase out the system as it upgraded other properties.