TOKYO -- Despite the lifting of pandemic-related business restrictions, nearly a fifth of restaurants in Tokyo have maintained shorter operating hours due to uncertainty over the return of customers.
The Japanese capital stopped asking restaurants to cut operating hours last Monday as coronavirus cases continued to decline. But a visual survey of 500 eateries conducted by Nikkei reporters the next day revealed that 21%, or 105 locations, have not returned to normal operating times.
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