Well Ozumo had to apologize when it was found that they were renting
dorm space in Osaka from the yakuza. So I'm still not comfortable with
a restaurant chain being that cozy with JT! :p

On 1/19/11, goemon@anime.net <goemon@anime.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Joe Petrow wrote:
>> On 1/18/11, 'CuSO4' Yung <cuso4@cuso4.com> wrote:
>>> 2011/1/18  <goemon@anime.net>:
>>>>> the sign they left behind that clued me in to the fact that Denny's
>>>>> Japan is actually a subsidiary of the JT tobacco company.
>>>>> I haven't been to a Denny's since.
>>>> No, Denny's japan is a subsidiary of Seven & I Holdings (eg 7-11).
>>> Come to think of it, ex-MLer Shimizu Kenji worked for 7&i several
>>> years ago as a conbini store chief, and he informed me back then he
>>> could get staff discount from Denny's.
>> OK, here's the sign in front of the ruins of Dennys:
>> http://twitpic.com/3r4hrj
>> Does this mean that JT owned the land under which Dennys operated?
>
> Looks like it. So you've been boycotting denny's on erroneous pretenses
> ^_^;;
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