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‘Omurice’, comfort food for Japanese and Koreans, a symbol of warmer ties

People form a line as they try to have lunch at Rengatei, a popular and long-established restaurant specialising in Japanese-style Western dishes, at Ginza district in Tokyo, Japan March 16, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Tokyo, Japan Reuters Nearly everything about South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo will be scrutinised for signs of warmer bilateral ties, including a shared meal of a Tokyo classic called omurice. The dish, whose name is a mash-up of omelette and rice, has become the […]