Indian curry lunches in Japan are cheap, typically around 1,000 yen, with naan, a small salad and a drink. There are more than 4,000 Indian restaurants nationwide, many run by Nepalese owners. The sector now faces a crisis as visa rules tighten: capital requirements for management visas were raised from 5 million to 30 million yen, squeezing family-run eateries, and crackdowns on shell companies persist. The 2019 Specified Skills program has reached its 50,000 cap, halting new foreign workers in food service. With price-sensitive consumers in mind, bankruptcies in this sector have reached a 30-year high and surveys show about 1 in 20 shops are considering closure. The focus is on how the government will respond; some firms are calling for visa-quota expansion and removal of the capital requirement.