TOKYO -- Kiyotaka Nishimura has closed the doors for good on the 14-seat wine bar and restaurant that he and his wife, Makiko, operated in suburban Tokyo for about 10 years.
The restaurants, izakaya pubs and bars that emerge from Japan's COVID crisis will have to make do with fewer revelers as Japanese demographic and cultural shifts spell more trouble ahead for the hospitality industry. © Illustration by Hiroko Oshima
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