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Stand-up noodle bar at eastern Japan station

People wait in a line to eat at a stand-up soba noodle eatery "Kisoba" on its last business day on Jan. 14, 2022, at JR Oyama Station in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan. The eatery is said to be a model for the one that appears in director Makoto Shinkai's animation "Byosoku 5 Centimeters" (5 Centimeters per Second.)

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1 dead, 22 injured in north China eatery explosion

STORY: 1 dead, 22 injured in north China eatery explosion SHOOTING TIME: March 13, 2024 DATELINE: March 13, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:51 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue operation at the explosion site STORYLINE: One person was killed and 22 others were injured following an eatery explosion in north China's Hebei Province on Wednesday, local authorities said. The blast occurred at 7:54 a.m. Wednesday at a fried chicken shop in Yanjiao township in the city of Sanhe, according to the city's emergency management bureau. It is suspected to have been caused by a gas leak, the bureau said. Rescue workers have rushed to the site immediately. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shijiazhuang, China. (XHTV)

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Xinhua Headlines: Iconic barbecue mirrors China's post-pandemic vitality

(230506) -- ZIBO, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A chef shows grilled meat at a barbecue eatery in Zibo, east China's Shandong Province, April 11, 2023. (Photo by Liu Yiming/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-ZIBO BARBECUE-TOURISM (CN)

(230429) -- JINAN, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People queue up in front of a barbecue eatery in Zibo, east China's Shandong Province, March 16, 2023. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Barbecue hotspot Zibo braces for sizzling influx of tourists" (Xinhua/Shao Kun)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-ZIBO BARBECUE-TOURISM (CN)

(230429) -- JINAN, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A chef holds grilled meat at a barbecue eatery in Zibo, east China's Shandong Province, April 11, 2023. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Barbecue hotspot Zibo braces for sizzling influx of tourists" (Photo by Liu Yiming/Xinhua)

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Tavern III draakon

30.01.2024, Tallinn. Located under the 12th century Raekoda (Town Hall) building in the main square of Old Town Tallinn, Kolmas Draakon (or the Third Dragon) is a small medieval-themed tavern. This charming eatery with its beautiful-period interior is hosted daily by a group of petulant housekeepers whose job it is to entertain all-comers with their brusque and rude service manner. However, this is all purely theatrical a style that is closer to the behaviour that one would have received in the medieval ages. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Tavern III draakon

30.01.2024, Tallinn. Located under the 12th century Raekoda (Town Hall) building in the main square of Old Town Tallinn, Kolmas Draakon (or the Third Dragon) is a small medieval-themed tavern. This charming eatery with its beautiful-period interior is hosted daily by a group of petulant housekeepers whose job it is to entertain all-comers with their brusque and rude service manner. However, this is all purely theatrical a style that is closer to the behaviour that one would have received in the medieval ages. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Tavern III draakon

30.01.2024, Tallinn. Located under the 12th century Raekoda (Town Hall) building in the main square of Old Town Tallinn, Kolmas Draakon (or the Third Dragon) is a small medieval-themed tavern. This charming eatery with its beautiful-period interior is hosted daily by a group of petulant housekeepers whose job it is to entertain all-comers with their brusque and rude service manner. However, this is all purely theatrical a style that is closer to the behaviour that one would have received in the medieval ages. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Tavern III draakon

30.01.2024, Tallinn. Located under the 12th century Raekoda (Town Hall) building in the main square of Old Town Tallinn, Kolmas Draakon (or the Third Dragon) is a small medieval-themed tavern. This charming eatery with its beautiful-period interior is hosted daily by a group of petulant housekeepers whose job it is to entertain all-comers with their brusque and rude service manner. However, this is all purely theatrical a style that is closer to the behaviour that one would have received in the medieval ages. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Tavern III draakon

30.01.2024, Tallinn. Located under the 12th century Raekoda (Town Hall) building in the main square of Old Town Tallinn, Kolmas Draakon (or the Third Dragon) is a small medieval-themed tavern. This charming eatery with its beautiful-period interior is hosted daily by a group of petulant housekeepers whose job it is to entertain all-comers with their brusque and rude service manner. However, this is all purely theatrical a style that is closer to the behaviour that one would have received in the medieval ages. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Restaurant founder Yu Shuang (1st, R), visually impaired Yang Demin (2nd,R), physically disabled He Ning (3rd, R) and visually impaired Zhi Ming (4th, R) make dumplings in the kitchen of Trojan Fairy on the occasion of winter solstice in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 22, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impair

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Restaurant founder Yu Shuang (L) instructs as diners try to read and write Braille at the restaurant in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhi Ming (L) and Yang Demin, both visually impaired employees, perform at Trojan Fairy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 22, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually impaired and

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Zhou Haoyu, visually impaired employee, smelling the bread he makes at Trojan Fairy in Beijing, capital of China, June 5, 2019 (above) and Zhou accompanying a student on the piano at a training agency for art examinations in Beijing, Jan. 17, 2024 (below, Xinhua/Cai Yang). At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how t

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Visually impaired Zhou Haoyu demonstrates the lyrics of Italian songs recorded in Braille, in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 17, 2024. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually impaired

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhi Ming, a visually impaired employee, makes dumplings in the kitchen of Trojan Fairy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 22, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually impaired and

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows diners preparing to enter Trojan Fairy under the guidance of an usher in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2023 (above) and a view of diners entering Trojan Fairy under the guidance of an usher, captured with a thermal imaging camera, in Beijing, Dec. 24, 2023 (below). At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This undated combo photo shows some of the visually impaired people that once worked at Trojan Fairy in Beijing, capital of China. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually impaired and o

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Zhi Ming (R) and her lover Yang Demin, both visually impaired employees, leaving Special Education College of Beijing Union University in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 22, 2023 (above) and Zhi Ming (2nd, R) and Yang Demin waiting for a subway on the platform in Beijing, Dec. 22, 2023 (middle) and Zhi Ming (R) and Yang Demin arriving at Trojan Fairy in Beijing, Dec. 22, 2023 (below). They work as music performers and ushers at Trojan Fairy. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Troja

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken by a thermal imaging camera shows a waiter serving dishes at Trojan Fairy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually impaired

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken by a thermal imaging camera shows diners trying to touch each other's finger in the complete dark at Trojan Fairy in complete darkness in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to hel

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo taken by a thermal imaging camera shows people dining at Trojan Fairy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually impaired and

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Xinhua Headlines: Iconic barbecue mirrors China's post-pandemic vitality

(230506) -- ZIBO, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A chef shows grilled meat at a barbecue eatery in Zibo, east China's Shandong Province, April 11, 2023. (Photo by Liu Yiming/Xinhua)

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ASEAN-themed tourism gains traction in China's Guangxi

STORY: ASEAN-themed tourism gains traction in China's Guangxi DATELINE: May 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Fantawild Asian Legend theme park 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FU LI, Tourist 3. various of the Fantawild Asian Legend theme park 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HU YANG, Marketing director, Fantawild Holdings Inc. in Nanning 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHUO BINGYUE, Thai cuisine eatery owner STORYLINE: China is seeing a record-high May Day holiday travel rush amid excitement over a sharp rebound in tourism. In Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, ASEAN-themed tourism has gained momentum given the region's proximity to Southeast Asia. Fantawild Asian Legend, a theme park showcasing the cultures of 10 ASEAN countries, has become a magnet for tourists. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FU LI, Tourist "It was splendid. The dances and the sounds made me feel like I'm traveling in Southeast Asia. The audience was absorbed in the p

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CHINA-SHANDONG-ZIBO BARBECUE-TOURISM (CN)

(230429) -- JINAN, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People queue up in front of a barbecue eatery in Zibo, east China's Shandong Province, March 16, 2023. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Barbecue hotspot Zibo braces for sizzling influx of tourists" (Xinhua/Shao Kun)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-ZIBO BARBECUE-TOURISM (CN)

(230429) -- JINAN, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A chef holds grilled meat at a barbecue eatery in Zibo, east China's Shandong Province, April 11, 2023. TO GO WITH "China Focus: Barbecue hotspot Zibo braces for sizzling influx of tourists" (Photo by Liu Yiming/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-FISHING BAN-NEW LIFE (CN)

(230423) -- GUIYANG, April 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated photo provided by the interviewee shows the family eatery run by Cui Lanzhi in Yanhe County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: New business, new life following 10-year fishing ban" (Xinhua)

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Woman wins traditional drinking game in western Japan

KOCHI, Japan - Eatery waitress Kaori Morita (R) emerges the winner at a "Hashiken" drinking game in Kochi, western Japan, on Oct. 1, 2014. In the traditional game, two people sit facing each other with three chopsticks each, and both players guess the number of chopsticks hidden under the forearm. The loser must drink a cup of sake each time.

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Meeting in Bangkok to promote exports from central Japan

BANGKOK, Thailand - A business meeting is held at a hotel in Bangkok on Sept. 8, 2014, between Thai food wholesalers and eatery operators and 14 Japanese companies from central Japan, including Aichi and Nagano prefectures, with the aim of boosting exports from the region.

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Japanese keep flocking to fresh tuna eatery

TOKYO, Japan - Long lines of people regularly form in front of a "stand and eat"-style eatery serving "maguro-don," or a bowl of rice topped with sliced raw tuna, outside the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo.

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75-yr-old reopens 'ramen' shop twice after 2 big disasters

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tsutomu Nozaki cooks ramen on Feb. 9, 2013 at his newly opened eatery in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, where he took refuge from the prefectural town of Naraha. Naraha is designated as within an area where people are only allowed to stay during daytime due to fears of radiation in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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AC Milan cafe opens in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Arimasa Iwata, the owner of AC Milan Caffe e Ristorante, poses with an autographed jersey of Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the cafe and restaurant in Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 6, 2011. The eatery, which opened in October 2011, is the world's first ''official'' cafe endorsed by AC Milan, the world famous football club in Italy.

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Quake aftermath in Yamada, Iwate Pref.

YAMADA, Japan - Two men retrieve plates and utensils from the rubble of their eatery in the quake-hit town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 31, 2011, about three weeks after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the area.

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Toilet-themed restaurant in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A waitress at Beijing's popular toilet-themed restaurant holds ice cream served in a bowl resembling a toilet on Jan. 27, 2011. The owner of the eatery said he wants young people to come to the restaurant to relieve their stress and relax by sitting on toilet-shaped seats. (Photo by Minoru Iwasaki)

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French cuisine chef to open new eatery in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Celebrated Japanese chef Tateru Yoshino, who manages four French restaurants in Paris and Tokyo, poses for the photographer during an interview at one of his eponymous restaurants in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 12, 2011. Yoshino is preparing to open another restaurant in Tokyo this spring to serve French cuisine with a ''Japanese taste,'' adding to the four, all of which have received stars from French guidebook Michelin.

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Music rocks 'sento' public bath, breathes life into tradition

TOKYO, Japan - People wait in line before a concert at the Bentenyu public bathhouse in Tokyo's Musashino City on Dec. 10, 2009. An event called ''Furo Rock'' has been held 18 times since 2005 in the hope of drawing people to the bathhouse amid a decline in the number of visitors. A coin laundry next to the bathhouse has been reborn as an eatery that becomes a small bar at night.

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4 killed in Tokyo eatery fire

TOKYO, Japan - TV cameramen and others gather at arcade housing the gutted eatery Ishikari-tei in Tokyo's Koenji district on Nov. 22, 2009. Four people were killed and 11 others were injured in the fire which broke out just past 9 a.m. the same day.

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4 killed in Tokyo eatery fire

TOKYO, Japan - A firefighter inspects the gutted eatery Ishikari-tei in Tokyo's Koenji district on Nov. 22, 2009. Four people were killed and 11 others were injured in the fire which broke out just past 9 a.m. the same day.

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Oita eatery offers 'Cameroon Obento' ahead of World Cup

OITA, Japan - A restaurant at a gold mine museum in Nakatsue, Oita Prefecture, has started to offer lunches associated with the Cameroon national team before it starts training in the southwestern Japan town on May 19 for the World Cup soccer finals. ''Cameroon Obento'' is based on Japanese ''obento'' box lunches, with the rice colored with the national colors of Cameroon -- yellow with egg, red with beefsteak plant and green with seaweed.

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-SILENT CAFE

(220525) -- KAMPALA, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Roy Rusa, the manager and barista, makes coffee at Silent Cafe, an eatery owned and run by deaf people, in Nankulabye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda, on May 24, 2022. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Ugandan silent cafe changing attitudes toward deaf culture

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-SILENT CAFE

(220525) -- KAMPALA, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The proprietor Nasser Ssenyondo (L) serves coffee at Silent Cafe, an eatery owned and run by deaf people, in Nankulabye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda, on May 24, 2022. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Ugandan silent cafe changing attitudes toward deaf culture

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-SILENT CAFE

(220525) -- KAMPALA, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Roy Rusa (L), the manager and barista, communicates with the proprietor Nasser Ssenyondo at Silent Cafe, an eatery owned and run by deaf people, in Nankulabye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda, on May 24, 2022. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Ugandan silent cafe changing attitudes toward deaf culture

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-SILENT CAFE

(220525) -- KAMPALA, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The proprietor Nasser Ssenyondo (L) serves coffee at Silent Cafe, an eatery owned and run by deaf people, in Nankulabye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda, on May 24, 2022. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Ugandan silent cafe changing attitudes toward deaf culture

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-SILENT CAFE

(220525) -- KAMPALA, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The proprietor Nasser Ssenyondo shows a sign language board at Silent Cafe, an eatery owned and run by deaf people, in Nankulabye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda, on May 24, 2022. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Ugandan silent cafe changing attitudes toward deaf culture

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UGANDA-KAMPALA-SILENT CAFE

(220525) -- KAMPALA, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A customer waits to be served at Silent Cafe, an eatery owned and run by deaf people, in Nankulabye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda, on May 24, 2022. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Ugandan silent cafe changing attitudes toward deaf culture

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Oita eatery offers 'Cameroon Obento' ahead of World Cup

OITA, Japan - A restaurant at a gold mine museum in Nakatsue, Oita Prefecture, has started to offer lunches associated with the Cameroon national team before it starts training in the southwestern Japan town on May 19 for the World Cup soccer finals. ''Cameroon Obento'' is based on Japanese ''obento'' box lunches, with the rice colored with the national colors of Cameroon -- yellow with egg, red with beefsteak plant and green with seaweed.

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Japan eatery chain to open high-end tempura restaurant in New York

Photo taken on July 9, 2015 shows Masao Matsui, the master chef of Ootoya Holdings Co.'s new high-end fritter restaurant "Tempura Matsui" in New York. The major Japanese restaurant chain revealed its new diner to the media ahead of its grand opening on July 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kochi restaurant voted runner-up in "omelette rice" contest

Takeshi Nomura, manager of Restaurant Kochi in Hidaka, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, shows off a trophy after his eatery's "omuraisu" dish was voted the runner-up at a Kagome Omurice Stadium contest in Tokyo on May 17, 2015. Diners at the two-day event picked their favorite "omelette rice" dishes, Western-influenced Japanese cuisine consisting of ketchup-seasoned fried rice wrapped in or under an omelette. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IT firm owner opens eatery to assist return of Fukushima evacuees

Tomoyuki Wada stands before his restaurant on Feb. 26, 2015, opened in the Odaka district of Soma in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Fukushima to assist the return of local residents from life as evacuees since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. Wada, who owns an information technology company, supports people wishing to start businesses in the district. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Patriotic Beijing hot pot restaurant takes name of disputed isles

Lu He, manager of a hot pot restaurant in Beijing that takes the name "Let's eat hot pot in Diaoyudao," speaks in an interview at the eatery on Jan. 26, 2015. Diaoyudao or Diaoyu Islands is the Chinese name for the Senkaku Islands, a set of uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea which China also claims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo