Women cooks shaking up male bastion of Japanese restaurants

Women cooks shaking up male bastion of Japanese restaurants

TOKYO, Japan - Mika Yamasaki works in the kitchen of her Japanese restaurant in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 28, 2010. Her restaurant won a star in the 2009 and 2010 Michelin Guides. (Kyodo)

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