Japan 'Kill Bill' restaurant operator 'shocked' by pressure on eateries over COVID-19 steps
09/07/2021 04:57
TOKYO, July 9 (Reuters) - The operator of the so-called
"Kill Bill" restaurant in Tokyo said on Friday he was "shocked"
by comments from a government minister that he would ask banks
to pressure eateries that don't comply with stricter coronavirus
measures.
Kozo Hasegawa, the president of Global-Dining Inc 7625.T
that runs 43 restaurants including one that inspired the movie
"Kill Bill: Volume I", told Reuters that "the cabinet seems to
be in chaos" and that it seemed the minister "doesn't know much
about our constitution".
Hasegawa was responding to comments from economy minister
Yasutoshi Nishimura who on Thursday said he would ask banks to
share information on restaurants that refuse to respond to
requests to follow anti-COVID-19 curbs.
Nishimura said on Friday he did not mean to imply that loans
should be limited for restaurants that do not abide by new
state-of-emergency curbs in Tokyo. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nT9N2NX047
(Reporting by Rocky Swift; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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