Restaurant apologizes over unauthorized use of Japanese celebrities' names

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.The group said on social media that none of the flowers had been sent by the people whose names were attached."We …READ FULL ARTICLE