Upmarket restaurant Senba Kitcho to close following scandals

Upmarket restaurant Senba Kitcho to close following scandals

OSAKA, Japan - Sachiko Yuki, president of Senba Kitcho K.K., an Osaka-based upmarket Japanese restaurant operator, wipes her eyes during a press conference in Osaka on May 28. Yuki announced that the restaurant chain will close down amid a hefty drop in customers stemming from a spate of false labeling scandals as well as the revelation it served leftover food.

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                  OSAKA, Japan - Sachiko Yuki, president of Senba Kitcho K.K., an Osaka-based upmarket Japanese restaurant operator, wipes her eyes during a news conference in Osaka on May 28, in which she announced that the restaurant chain will close down amid a rapid loss of customers after the restaurant was found to have served leftover food to customers.
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