Restaurants In Japan Create New Rules, Customers Can Pack Food

JAKARTA - There are many things that only happen if you eat in Japan, one of which is that there is no facility to wrap your leftovers.

However, Royal Host, a well-known restaurant chain in Japan, created a new rule whereby customers can wrap their leftovers. Royal Host is a restaurant that serves various types of food and has 200 branches located in Japan.

The restaurant under Royal Host also provides a dining area to store their meals.

There is actually a reason why not many restaurants implement this rule. Launching SoraNews24 , health is the main reason restaurants in Japan do not apply this rule.

They are afraid that when customers eat food that is not neatly stored it will make them sick. In addition, because the portion of food in Japan is considered quite small, they expect customers to finish their meal.

Even if customers can't finish, the restaurant will throw away the leftovers directly.

Apart from that, the Royal Host also implemented this regulation after receiving a call from the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to build a sustainable system to reduce food waste.

Quoting the Japan Times on the same day, Japan made up to six million tonnes of leftover food in 2019. That number even counts before the expiration date of food. The Royal Host restaurant started to enforce this rule on 7 October.