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.
Japan's machinery makers devise innovative solutions to labor crunch

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