"The economic downturn and the rising yen have actually enabled revolving sushi restaurants to thrive during these tough times. Those two factors have pushed down wholesale prices of fish, allowing the kaiten-zushi restaurants to offer discounts that would have been impossible several months ago. Market researcher Fuji-Keizai Co. forecasts the domestic conveyor-belt sushi industry to grow by 4.4 percent over the year to reach 428 billion yen in 2009."
Conveyor Sushi Beating Downturn
by Aki Sato
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200905060051.html
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