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Facing up to the fear of dining out in Japan
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Three-to-five-year-olds during lunchtime at Sakurashinmachi Nursery School in Tokyo.
ST PHOTO: WALTER SIM
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TOKYO – Breaking out in a cold sweat, feeling butterflies in the chest and suffering from nausea to the point of gagging.
These are common signs of anxiety that are afflicting a not-insignificant number of Japanese – when they eat with other people.
