By the end of the year Wendy's will be no more as all 71 stores across Japan will close.
The report at AP writes how Wendy's severed the agreement with franchise holder Zensho but the news report below says that Zensho decided not to renew the agreement - interesting how the media can choose to take sides on telling a story.
Zensho saying "We've had enough of the burger business" and Wendy's saying "You guys done a lousy job in japan - we're looking for other partners" are two different stories.