Japan's biggest beef bowl chain Sukiya to shut nearly 2,000 stores after rat and bug contamination
- Sukiya, Japan's largest beef bowl chain, will close nearly all its 1,970 stores temporarily after a cockroach was found in a product, which caused customer complaints.
- The closure will last from 9 a.m. Monday to 9 a.m. Friday for hygiene measures following previous contamination incidents involving a rat.
- Zensho Holdings, Sukiya's parent company, saw its shares fall after a customer reported finding a dead rodent in miso soup served in January.
- Sukiya's management stated it takes these issues seriously and apologized for causing significant trouble and concern.
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Following the discovery of a rat and an insect in its dishes, a Japanese restaurant chain had to close its 2,000 establishments. The company presented its "most sincere apology" for the growing controversy.


Japanese fast food chain shuts nearly 2,000 locations after rat found in customer's soup
The Japanese fast food chain Sukiya is temporarily closing its nearly 2,000 locations after a rat was found in soup a customer ordered on Friday.
Sukiya, one of the largest Japanese restaurant chains, announced the temporary closure of almost all of its 1,970 locals in Japan.This decision arose after a rat appeared inside a miso soup and, in a recent incident, an insect was detected in another dish.The most recent event occurred on Friday at a restaurant located in Tokyo, while the rodent case was registered two months ago at another branch. Use this prompt to generate Studio Ghibli-type …

Japan's Sukiya food chain shuts almost all outlets after rat and cockroach contamination
Sukiya, a leading beef bowl food chain in Japan, said it is shutting down almost all of its about 2,000 outlets across the country for four days to address a major hygiene issue.
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