Thrifty Chinese diners bring record profit for Japan's Saizeriya

Italian-food chain bucks price-hike trend with dishes like $3 rice casserole

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The Japanese restaurant chain aims to have a 1,000 stores in China.  (Photo by Mizuho Miyazaki)

HIDEKI SHINOHARA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese restaurant chain Saizeriya, known for its Italian food at rock-bottom prices, reported its first record-high annual net profit in 14 years thanks in large part to China, where its strategy of keeping prices low has drawn increasingly frugal customers.

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