Japan counted 58,669 kissaten in the 2021 economic census, against 154,630 in 1981. Two of the three official series break in 2021, and here is how to read each.
Tokyo ramen and set-meal chains make you pay at a machine before you sit down. Decode the sequence, the customisation call, and which chains take which payment.
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