An eatery where the appetizer is an apology

In yet another weird Asian restaurant quirk, Reuters reports, “Japanese customers must apologize for their country’s wartime occupation of China before getting a seat at a restaurant in former Manchuria.” The restaurant’s staff was told to press Japanese customers on their views of Japan’s occupation of China (1931-45), and keep unapologetic patrons from eating there. They also hung a sign saying “Japanese people barred from entry,” leading me to wonder why a visiting Japanese tourist would bother eating there in the first place.