a bond that is not denominated in yen and is issued in any market by a Japanese financial institution. This type of bond is often bought by Japanese institutional investors.
MIAMI--BUSINESS WIRE--July 7, 1998--Benihana, Inc. (NASDAQ:BNHN), the national Teppenyaki style Japanese restaurant chain, opened in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl., the first of what it anticipates will be a nationwide series of sushi theme restaurants called Sushi Doraku by Behinana "joy of sushi" - the Company announced today.
MIAMI--BUSINESS WIRE--July 7, 1998--Benihana, Inc. (NASDAQ:BNHN), the national Teppenyaki style Japanese restaurant chain, opened in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl., the first of what it anticipates will be a nationwide series of sushi theme restaurants called Sushi Doraku by Behinana "joy of sushi" - the Company announced today.
Miami -- Benihana Inc. said it will start construction on a third RA Sushi location in the Chicago market next fall. Benihana acquired the RA Sushi brand three years ago and has grown it to eight locations in Arizona, California, Illinois and Nevada. Six additional branches are being planned. Benihana...
Students at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst are flocking to the new sushi bar in the campus's dining commons. The station is open to meal-plan holders. Three kinds of sushi rolls are made to order. "We're one of the the first colleges to introduce sushi roll ...
TOKYO -- Japanese chain operator Gourmet Kineya Co. said it would acquire 35.5percent of Genki Sushi Co., which operates a string of sushi-style restaurants here, Dow Jones International reported.Between May 27 and June 16, Gourmet Kineya will acquire shares of Genki Sushi via a public tender offer of [yen]1,500 per...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Benihana Inc. president and chief executive Joel A. Schwartz, right, uses a mallet to break open a traditional good-luck cask of sake wine at the grand opening party of the company's new concept, Sushi Doraku, which means "joy of sushi" in Japanese. He was assisted by...
MIAMI -- Benihana Inc. (NASDAQ: BNHNA and BNHN), operator of the nation's largest chain of Japanese themed and sushi restaurants, today announced its agreement to sell the Company's Sushi Doraku restaurant, located in Miami Beach, to Mr. Kevin Aoki for a total purchase price of $536,000.
MIAMI -- Benihana Inc. (NASDAQ:BNHNA) and (NASDAQ:BNHN), operator of the nation's largest chain of Japanese theme and sushi restaurants, announced today that it has signed definitive leases for new RA Sushi restaurants in Corona and Torrance, California.
The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy By Sasha Issenberg Gotham Books/ Penguin Group , May 2007 352 pp., $26 When you sit down at your local sushi bar, you...
MIAMI -- Benihana Inc. (NASDAQ:BNHNA and BNHN), operator of the nation's largest chain of Japanese and sushi theme restaurants, announced today it has signed a lease agreement to open a new RA Sushi restaurant in Lombard, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago.
MIAMI -- Benihana Inc. (NASDAQ: BNHNA and BNHN), operator of the nation's largest chain of Japanese theme and sushi restaurants, announced today the opening in Houston, TX, of the newest member of the Company's fast-growing RA Sushi chain of high energy restaurants.
MIAMI -- Benihana Inc. (NASDAQ: BNHNA and BNHN), operator of the nation's largest chain of Japanese theme and sushi restaurants, opened its first RA Sushi Bar Restaurant in the Sunshine State on Sunday, April 1, 2006 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The Company's high-energy, fast growing sushi chain now operates...
CHICAGO -- A Japanese restaurant here has found a new and different way to serve sushi to its customers: on the body of a nearly naked woman. At Kizuko a server named Tabitha is covered by a combination of leaves, shells and other decorations to cover any nakedness, the...
Tad Iwamoto of FIFO Foods Systems and a former Honda engineer has spent the past six years in the United States developing flash-frozen sushi with a shelf life of up to four months. According to Iwamoto this is not the first attempt at freezing sushi, the...
By Dana Bartholomew, Daily News, Los Angeles Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 6--The sign behind notoriously grumpy sushi chef Kazunori Nozawa reads "Today's Special: Trust Me." But the temperamental owner of Sushi Nozawa, who once gave the boot to ...
Tad Iwamoto of FIFO Foods Systems and a former Honda engineer has spent the past six years in the United States developing flash-frozen sushi with a shelf life of up to four months. According to Iwamoto this is not the first attempt at freezing sushi, the Japanese...
MIAMI -- Benihana Inc. (NASDAQ: BNHNA and BNHN), operator of the nation's largest chain of Japanese theme and sushi restaurants, today announced that New York's financial district will finally be getting its very own Haru Sushi Restaurant. The Company has signed a definitive lease agreement to open a 6,100 square...
WASHINGTON -- Chef-owner Kazuhiro Okochi of KAZ Sushi Bistro here made a donation to the American Red Cross. It represented net proceeds from a $100-per-plate sushi and sake dinner to celebrate receiving his American citizenship Oct. 9. Approximately 35 guests attended the event, according to KAZ manager Steve Greehan.
SEATTLE, Washington AFP ? A US restaurant that boasts a house special of sushi served on a naked woman has sparked furious protests by Asian women's groups, but eager diners are jostling for seats. The unconventional diner boasts a sushi buffet eaten off the torsos of young female models...
By Sukanya Jitpleecheep, Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 1--The Japanese restaurant business in Thailand offers a picture of starkly contrasting fortunes. Sushi King, the chain owned by Malaysia's Texchem conglomerate, recently closed its four outlets in...