Don't look now, but your next sushi chef could be a robot

Japan's machinery makers devise innovative solutions to labor crunch

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Suzumo Machinery hopes to take advantage of burgeoning interest in Japanese cuisine worldwide with its new sushi robot. (Suzumo Machinery)

YUI SATO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Growing numbers of restaurant diners present new opportunities to a food service industry eager to bounce back from the pandemic. One problem, though, labor is scarce -- and expensive.

Enter Japan's robot makers, who are coming up with clever machines to replace some of that hard-to-find help behind the counter.

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