Japan

The Lowdown: sushi terrorism

10-Mar-2023 By Stefan Chomka

Japan’s restaurant scene is under threat from a wave of hygiene incidents caused by customers.

First food operators open at Chinatown's Central Cross development

13-Feb-2018 By Sophie Witts

Property developer Shaftesbury has announced a trio of Asian dessert brands as the first operators to open at the £15m Central Cross development in Chinatown London.

Ippudo to open third ramen restaurant on site of former Villiers Cafe

20-Sep-2017 By Georgia Bronte

Japan’s renowned ramen restaurant chain Ippudo is opening a third site in London before the end of the year.

Kanada-Ya team to launch Machiya Japanese restaurant

23-Mar-2017 By Sophie Witts

The team behind ramen group Kanada-Ya are to launch a new London restaurant focusing on traditional Japanese home cooking.

Japan launches certification scheme for chefs abroad

20-Jan-2016 By Sophie Witts

Japan is launching a certification scheme for chefs working at Japanese restaurants worldwide in a bid to improve the standard of food on offer.

Benihana outlines UK expansion plans

15-May-2015 By Emma Eversham

Global Japanese restaurant group Benihana is intending to expand its UK business outside of London and into other major cities. 

Yoshihiro Murata to open Mayfair restaurant

12-Feb-2015 By Carina Perkins

Internationally-acclaimed Japanese chef Yoshihiro Murata is opening his own restaurant in London’s Mayfair.

Noma relocates to Japan for three weeks in January

14-May-2014 By Melodie Michel

Rene Redzepin is relocating his Noma restaurant to the Mandarin Oriental in Tokyo from 9 to 31 January 2015.

Restaurant magazine: New wave Eastern cuisine

06-Aug-2013 By Emma Eversham

There's a new wave of Japanese food sweeping the capital that is challenging the traditions of both the cuisine itself and the manner in which it is served, says Restaurant magazine's Stefan Chomka, who speaks to those shaking up the Eastern...

Knightsbridge welcomes Russian and Japanese restaurants

09-Nov-2011 By Luke Nicholls

The restaurant scene in Knightsbridge is to be hit by two new sites within a month as Kumo, a recently-opened Japanese sushi and cocktail bar, and Mari Vanna, a Russian restaurant set to open its doors next month, are within walking distance of each other.

Restaurants launch Japan tsunami appeal

22-Mar-2011 By Lorraine Heller

Restaurants throughout the UK are launching initiatives to help raise money for Japan following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country’s north-east region on 11 March.

Ethnic restaurants face staffing squeeze as politicians get tough on immigration

14-Apr-2010 By Chris Druce

A skills shortage for UK restaurants reliant on chefs from outside the EU is looming, after Labour promised to ban entry for the group under the points-based immigration scheme.

Aqua Kyoto restaurant opens in London

07-Oct-2009 By Emma Eversham

The second restaurant in the trinity of Aqua London, the new venue from the Hong Kong-based Aqua Restaurant Group, opens on the top floor of the former Dickens & Jones department store

Vegetarian Japanese menu comes to London

13-May-2008 By Claire Miller

An unusual and traditional vegetarian Japanese menu is launching in London

Tokyo is New Culinary Capital of the World

19-Nov-2007 By Alan Lodge

Michelin Guide sees Japanese capitals restaurants awarded more stars than any other in history as Paris is knocked off its perch.

Caught by the fizz - sparkling saké

25-Apr-2007 By Restaurant

;Last year, the Brewers Association of Japan held a drinks tasting at the Japanese embassy in London. I went with our Bar Manager and we came across this,; says Ayako Watanabe, Managing Director of Saki Bar and Food Emporium in Smithfield, ...

D&D opens Botanica restaurant in Japan

11-Apr-2007 By Restaurant

Tokyo opening marks the first of many restaurants planned to ‘inject something different' into the Japanese dining scene D&D London has opened its first restaurant in Japan, called Botanica, in partnership with Japanese restaurant group ...

Relax, there's only 2000 deadly weapons dangling above your head

14-Mar-2007 By Restaurant

Bored? Well, why not try suspending deadly weapons above your delicate skull? Going out for dinner can be so dull. You sit down, you order, you eat and you go. Blah, blah, blah… So how does adding a little frisson sound? Perhaps like the ...