{
  "id": 2118789,
  "title": "Restaurant apologizes over unauthorized use of Japanese celebrities' names",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/restaurant-apologizes-over-unauthorized-use-of-japanese-celebrities",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-20T10:30:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Mainichi",
    "slug": "the-mainichi",
    "url": "https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260820/p2g/00m/0na/031000c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "SENDAI (Kyodo) -- The China-based YangGuoFu group has apologized after one of its franchise restaurants in northeastern Japan displayed congratulatory",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}