Whoever owned the Japanese restaurant opposite the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai left within four months after a crowd of people vandalized both the restaurant and consulate in an anti-Japan fury in April.

But the new occupant, the No. 1 Japanese Casual Restaurant, has done smooth business since opening in September, said general manager Takuya Tomiyama.

A sense of safety now prevails over the heavily Japanese-accented consulate commercial district because government authorities are committed to stopping any further demonstrations, Tomiyama said.