
National Jan 7, 2021
Kitchen equipment piles up as pandemic shutters Japan's restaurants
With businesses closing, recycling shops are buying up equipment to repair, clean and resell.
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With businesses closing, recycling shops are buying up equipment to repair, clean and resell.
The facilities, set up in the Ginza shopping district, use recycled water, chlorine and deep ultraviolet irradiation.
Seven other ramen restaurants have closed in the area since March.