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Japan's restaurant chains discover appetite for small eateries

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KANA WATANABE, YUTA SHIMONO and RYOSUKE EGUCHI, Nikkei staff writers | Japan

TOKYO/OSAKA -- Big restaurant chains in Japan are devouring small, sometimes single-location restaurants struggling to find successors to stay in business.

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