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A new import company offers a sunny taste of Italy

Erica Borile
Tokyo has been inundated by pasta restaurants and pizzerias lately, but that doesn’t mean the locals are getting a genuine taste of Italy. “There is a gap between the real Italian taste and the image that the general Japanese public has of it,” says Erica Borile, co-owner of import company Royal Tirrenian. To help remedy...

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