The proverbial bread and butter on restaurant menus across Japan is teishoku (written in the menus). Translated as “fixed meal”, it’s a far cry from “do you want fries with that?” »Sets found in fast food outlets. The teishoku business card is a well-rounded variety, and you can expect your …
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San Diego restaurants to get city push to fix unsafe outdoor dining spaces
While restaurants are still not allowed to serve customers outside, the City of San Diego wants to ensure that once the current pandemic restrictions are relaxed, temporary outdoor decks, tents and canopies are safe and secure. code compliant. Beginning February 1, San Diego Fire Department personnel will contact local business …
Read More »Desperate restaurants challenge Japan’s virus brakes to stay open late
A sprawling restaurant in Tokyo’s upscale Nishi-Azabu district, Gonpachi is perhaps best known for inspiring the location of Quentin Tarantino’s most daring fight scene in “Kill Bill”. Now he’s at the center of a different kind of battle: one between authorities calling on restaurants to close early to stem the …
Read More »Japan is lagging behind much of the world in switching to electric vehicles
Japan lags behind other countries in the number of electric vehicles on the roads as the government strives to phase out gas-only vehicles. Electric vehicles are apparently seen as impractical for consumers for a number of reasons, including the lack of charging stations, high prices, and some functional issues. Still, …
Read More »PACCAR Parts introduces charging stations for all electric vehicles
PACCAR Parts is launching new electric vehicle charging stations to support the global launch of electric vehicles (EVs). The company says the chargers are designed to be compatible with Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF electric trucks and work for other electric utility vehicles. Click here to read more Customers can purchase …
Read More »Tokyo urges bars and restaurants to close, people to stay at home from 8 p.m.
On January 4, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that he was considering declaring a state of emergency for Tokyo and its surrounding prefectures. But the governors of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba have decided to pursue their own coordinated emergency measures without waiting for the central government’s decision. NHK …
Read More »Los Gatos restaurants invest thousands in outdoor dining
After making massive investments in outdoor dining when shelter-in-place restrictions were eased for a time last year, restaurant owners in Los Gatos weren’t too happy to return to business models. take-out and curbside when Santa Clara County locked down on the holiday again. But they hope those investments will pay …
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