SENDAI - The China-based YangGuoFu group has apologized after one of its franchise restaurants in northeastern Japan displayed congratulatory flower stands bearing the names of well-known figures without their permission during its recent opening.
According to local sources, the operator of restaurants serving malatang, a popular Chinese fast-food dish, used the names of professional figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu and former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the restaurant in Sendai on Monday.
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