{"id":25970,"date":"2025-03-29T22:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T22:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/japan-food-chain-shuts-restaurants-after-pests-are-found-in-dish\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T22:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T22:25:20","slug":"japan-food-chain-shuts-restaurants-after-pests-are-found-in-dish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/japan-food-chain-shuts-restaurants-after-pests-are-found-in-dish\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan food chain shuts restaurants after pests are found in dish"},"content":{"rendered":"


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One of Japan’s biggest restaurant chains is closing its outlets for deep cleaning, after two incidents of customers finding pests, including a rat, in their food.<\/p>\n

Sukiya, known for its beef-on-rice dishes, announced the temporary closure after an insect was found by a customer. Last weekend, it admitted that a rat had been discovered in a bowl of miso soup in January. <\/p>\n

The chain, which has nearly 2,000 restaurants, said most of its sites would be shut between 31 March and 4 April “to prevent external intrusion and internal infestation of pests and vermin”.<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a>, it apologised for the “great inconvenience and concern caused”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rumours about the rat-in-miso incident had been circulating on social media for weeks before Sukiya was forced to confirm that the rodent had been found “before it was eaten”.<\/p>\n

The restaurant, in the city of Tottori, was temporarily closed, and Sukiya said measures had been taken to address cracks in the building that could lead to contamination.<\/p>\n

It then announced that all of its outlets would be regularly checked for gaps and rubbish would be refrigerated. <\/p>\n

The company has now taken the more drastic measure of closure after the insect – widely reported to have been part or all of a cockroach – was found on Friday by a customer in Tokyo. <\/p>\n

The manager apologised to the customer and gave them a refund, it said.<\/p>\n

Sukiya is part of Zensho Holdings, which owns a number of restaurant chains in Japan.<\/p>\n

Last Monday, following the disclosure about the rat, its share price tumbled before recovering later in the week. Its shares will face scrutiny after Saturday’s announcement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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