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=========================================Los Angeles Times
(1) Tiffany Hsu, An American pretzel in Tokyo: Wetzel's goes Asian. Los Angeles Times, June 19, 2012.
http://www.latimes.com/business/ ... s-pretzels-20120618,0,1945532.story

Note:
(a) Wetzels Pretzels
http://www.wetzels.com/
(hot soft baked fresh pretzels, pretzel dogs)  

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetzel's_Pretzels
(The first Wetzel's Pretzels location opened in 1994)
(b) Ario Kameari Mall  アリオ亀有 アリオ モール
http://www.ario-kameari.jp/web/

Ario is a developer building shpping centers. アリオ亀有 is located at 東京都葛飾区亀有三丁目.
(b) Harajuku  原宿
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harajuku

(2) Paloma Esquivel, California Leads US in Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Study Finds. Immigrants own 33% of California's small businesses, the highest share in the US, and make up 27% of the state's population. Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2012.
http://www.latimes.com/news/loca ... t-business-20120615,0,3694166.story

Quote:

"Los Angeles has the second highest concentration of immigrant small business owners among metropolitan areas — 44%, one percentage point behind Miami.

"The most common countries of origin for immigrant small business owners in the greater Los Angeles area are Mexico, Korea, Iran, Taiwan and Vietnam, said David Dyssegaard Kallick, of the Fiscal Policy Institute.

"Compared with US-born workers, immigrants are about 10% more likely to be small-business owners.

"Certain types of businesses have large concentrations of immigrant owners, according to the report. About 37% of restaurant owners, 49% of grocery store owners and 54% of those who own laundry and dry cleaners are immigrants.

"Kallick, who wrote the report, said many immigrants start their own businesses after struggling in the job market.

Note: The report is based on
Immigrant Small Business Owner; A significant and growing part of the economy. Immigration Research Institute, Fiscal Policy Institute, June 14, 2012.
http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/immi ... rs-FPI-20120614.pdf