Japan restaurants explore charging foreign tourists more

Higher prices could help businesses take advantage of weak yen

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This restaurant in Shibuya, Tokyo, charges foreign tourists more than residents of Japan. (Photo by Takuya Fujisawa)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan's restaurant industry is deploying a two-tiered pricing system in tourist spots as eateries look to cash in on an influx of foreign visitors without alienating local customers.

Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai, a dining-and-leisure facility with a traditional motif, opened in February next to Toyosu Market, a large public wholesale market for fish and other goods in central Tokyo.

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