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Scandal-hit Senba Kitcho seeks court protection

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 16 shows the head store of upmarket Japanese-style ''ryotei'' restaurant operator Senba Kitcho K.K. The operator filed the same day for court protection from creditors amid suspension of its business in the wake of a food mislabeling scandal.

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Senba Kitcho admits responsibility in mislabeling scam

KYOTO, Japan - Sachiko Yuki, a board director of the high-class Japanese restaurant chain Senba Kitcho K.K., is lost for words during a news conference at a Kyoto hotel on Dec. 10 after the Osaka-based firm admitted the responsibility of its executives for false labeling of its beef and other products.

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Senba Kitcho admits responsibility in mislabeling scam

KYOTO, Japan - Sachiko Yuki (front) and Kikuo Yuki (in back), board directors of the high-class Japanese restaurant chain Senba Kitcho K.K., apologize during a news conference at a Kyoto hotel on Dec. 10 after the Osaka-based firm admitted the responsibility of its executives for false labeling of its beef and other products.

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Senba Kitcho admits executive's role in mislabeling

KYOTO, Japan - Sachiko Yuki (L) and Kikuo Yuki, board directors of high-class Japanese restaurant chain Senba Kitcho K.K., bow in apology during a press conference at a Kyoto hotel on Dec. 10 after submitting a report to the farm ministry's regional office. In the report, Senba Kicho admitted responsibility for the false labeling of its beef and other products.

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Senba Kitcho admits executive's role in mislabeling

KYOTO, Japan - Sachiko Yuki (C), board director of high-class Japanese restaurant chain Senba Kitcho K.K., submits a report to an official of the farm ministry's regional office in Kyoto on Dec. 10. In the report, Senba Kicho admitted responsibility for the false labeling of its beef and other products.

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Sweets maker resumes sale after suspension over mislabeling

ISE, Japan - A time-honored Japanese sweets maker, Ofuku Mochi Honke Yugen Kaisha, resumed sales Dec. 5 of its Ofuku Mochi rice cake for the first time since voluntarily suspending business Oct. 30 over false-labeling of the product's production dates and ingredients. Photo shows a customer buying the rice cake at the company's head office in Ise, Mie Prefecture.

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Asahi Kasei to recall 'shochu' distilled spirits

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Kasei Corp. President (C) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 13, saying the company will recall two of its ''shochu'' distilled spirit products due to mislabeling. Asahi Kasei said these products should have been shipped as spirits because they included caramel as an additive that is not allowed for ''shochu'' distilled spirits.

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Police raid Zen-Noh Chicken Foods over chicken mislabeling

TODA, Japan - Police officers walk into Zen-Noh Chicken Foods Corp. in Toda, north of Tokyo, on April 22 after the company, affiliated with the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (Zen-Noh), admitted to selling imported chicken as domestic.

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Zen-Noh gets improvement order over chicken mislabeling

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (L) hands Yutaka Okike, chairman of the National Federation of Agriculture Cooperative Associations (Zen-Noh), a written order to improve its operations at the farm ministry April 12 in Tokyo. A Zen-Noh affiliate sold imported chicken as domestic late last year.

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Snow Brand Foods to disband in late April

TOKYO, Japan - Koshiro Iwase, president of Snow Brand Foods Co., announces at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 22 that the company will disband in April and fire most of its 1,000 employees in March. The dissolution stemmed from sharply declining sales in the wake of the scandal involving the deliberate mislabeling of beef products.

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Snow Brand Foods to liquidate in April

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo headquarters of Snow Brand Foods Co., a subsidiary of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. The firm will be liquidated in late April due to plunging sales in the wake of a scandal involving the deliberate mislabeling of beef products.

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Zen-Noh gets improvement order over chicken mislabeling

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (L) hands Yutaka Okike, chairman of the National Federation of Agriculture Cooperative Associations (Zen-Noh), a written order to improve its operations at the farm ministry April 12 in Tokyo. A Zen-Noh affiliate sold imported chicken as domestic late last year.

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Sweets maker resumes sale after suspension over mislabeling

ISE, Japan - A time-honored Japanese sweets maker, Ofuku Mochi Honke Yugen Kaisha, resumed sales Dec. 5 of its Ofuku Mochi rice cake for the first time since voluntarily suspending business Oct. 30 over false-labeling of the product's production dates and ingredients. Photo shows a customer buying the rice cake at the company's head office in Ise, Mie Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Senba Kitcho admits responsibility in mislabeling scam

KYOTO, Japan - Sachiko Yuki (front) and Kikuo Yuki (in back), board directors of the high-class Japanese restaurant chain Senba Kitcho K.K., apologize during a news conference at a Kyoto hotel on Dec. 10 after the Osaka-based firm admitted the responsibility of its executives for false labeling of its beef and other products. (Kyodo)

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Senba Kitcho admits responsibility in mislabeling scam

KYOTO, Japan - Sachiko Yuki, a board director of the high-class Japanese restaurant chain Senba Kitcho K.K., is lost for words during a news conference at a Kyoto hotel on Dec. 10 after the Osaka-based firm admitted the responsibility of its executives for false labeling of its beef and other products. (Kyodo)

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Scandal-hit Senba Kitcho seeks court protection

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 16 shows the head store of upmarket Japanese-style ''ryotei'' restaurant operator Senba Kitcho K.K. The operator filed the same day for court protection from creditors amid suspension of its business in the wake of a food mislabeling scandal. (Kyodo)

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Senba Kitcho admits executive's role in mislabeling

KYOTO, Japan - Sachiko Yuki (C), board director of high-class Japanese restaurant chain Senba Kitcho K.K., submits a report to an official of the farm ministry's regional office in Kyoto on Dec. 10. In the report, Senba Kicho admitted responsibility for the false labeling of its beef and other products. (Kyodo)

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Senba Kitcho admits executive's role in mislabeling

KYOTO, Japan - Sachiko Yuki (L) and Kikuo Yuki, board directors of high-class Japanese restaurant chain Senba Kitcho K.K., bow in apology during a press conference at a Kyoto hotel on Dec. 10 after submitting a report to the farm ministry's regional office. In the report, Senba Kicho admitted responsibility for the false labeling of its beef and other products. (Kyodo)

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Snow Brand Foods to liquidate in April

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo headquarters of Snow Brand Foods Co., a subsidiary of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. The firm will be liquidated in late April due to plunging sales in the wake of a scandal involving the deliberate mislabeling of beef products.

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Asahi Kasei to recall 'shochu' distilled spirits

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Kasei Corp. President (C) speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 13, saying the company will recall two of its ''shochu'' distilled spirit products due to mislabeling. Asahi Kasei said these products should have been shipped as spirits because they included caramel as an additive that is not allowed for ''shochu'' distilled spirits. (Kyodo)

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Police raid Zen-Noh Chicken Foods over chicken mislabeling

TODA, Japan - Police officers walk into Zen-Noh Chicken Foods Corp. in Toda, north of Tokyo, on April 22 after the company, affiliated with the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (Zen-Noh), admitted to selling imported chicken as domestic.