HONG KONG -- Japanese budget yakitori chain Torikizoku is expanding in China's major cities, betting that the country's increasingly frugal consumers will appreciate its affordable menu.
Yakitori purveyor Torikizoku eyes Shanghai expansion, opens second Hong Kong shop

A Torikizoku restaurant in Osaka in 2022. The chain hopes to repeat its Japanese deflationary-era success in China. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)
HONG KONG -- Japanese budget yakitori chain Torikizoku is expanding in China's major cities, betting that the country's increasingly frugal consumers will appreciate its affordable menu.