Subway in Japan aims for over 1,000 stores under new owner

Watami plans to grow sandwich chain sixfold, put emphasis on organic vegetables

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Subway can open new stores in tight spaces, since it does not use open flames. (Photo by Yutaka Miyaguchi)

YUI SATO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Restaurant group Watami aims to grow its just-acquired Japanese operations of U.S.-based sandwich chain Subway to more than 1,000 locations in a decade, about six times as many as now.

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