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YOSHINOYA

Yoshinoya CEO Tetsuya Naruse says the firm's China business is now on track to report a record profit this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2025
Yoshinoya predicts record China profit on new recipes
The beef bowl chain redesigned menus, offering items with vegetable toppings and expanding combo sets, to enhance value without sacrificing margins.
BUSINESS
Apr 19, 2023
Yoshinoya may tap retirees as drivers when overtime cap hits transport industry
The plan comes amid the Japanese logistics industry¡¯s so-called 2024 problem, an expected truck driver shortage due to revised overtime rules.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2022
Beef bowl chain exec fired over sexist gaffe in marketing lecture
The Yoshinoya executive asked students to come up with an attractive marketing strategy that would get ¡®innocent young girls¡¯ hooked on the chain¡¯s signature dish as though it were drugs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2019
Japan firms fight the frugal retail psyche with AI-driven pricing and other tricks
After years of soggy inflation and a long reign by Â鶹´«Ã½ tightfisted shoppers, businesses are adopting new methods to lift prices, from artificial intelligence to simple packaging tweaks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2019
Japanese firms in Hong Kong concerned protests may escalate as ministry issues warning
The Foreign Ministry¡¯s Level 1 travel warning is its weakest, but Japanese financial institutions operating in the international financial hub are growing wary of conducting business there.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 27, 2018
Yoshinoya¡¯s first outlet, located in Tsukiji market, to close after 59 years
The first Yoshinoya gy¨±don (beef on rice) restaurant, located within Tokyo¡¯s Tsukiji wholesale market, will close on Oct. 6, ending a 59-year history, due to the relocation of the market.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 24, 2017
What will we eat when all the food runs out?
Last week, the Yukan Fuji (June 20) reported that 20 outlets in the Kappa Sushi conveyor belt sushi chain in east and west Japan are promoting an all-you-can-eat special, with patrons from middle-school age to 64 years charged ?1,706 (boys and men) or ?1,490 (girls and women). Seniors over 65 can partake...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 23, 2016
Are bargain burgers quickening Â鶹´«Ã½ deflationary tailspin?
Fast-food lunches in Japan are starting to get cheaper as consumers look to trim their dining expenses, a worrying sign for the central bank as it tries to bring about inflation.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / EARLY START
Aug 5, 2016
Start your morning with a serving of tradition at these breakfast joints
The Japanese breakfast provides a healthy start to the day. It¡¯s rich in vegetables ¡ª from both land and sea ¡ª often includes fermented foods such as miso soup and pickles, and is rounded out with rice and grilled seafood. Though, it hasn¡¯t always been this way.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2015
Yoshinoya says study proves ¡®gyudon¡¯ is healthy
Affordable and ubiquitous, gyudon beef-on-rice bowls are a go-to dish for many broke college students and busy businessmen. Those who hesitate are those who think the brown slivers of beef look unhealthy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 28, 2014
No sacred cows in Â鶹´«Ã½ beef bowl war
Who will triumph in the ¡°gyudon (beef bowl) war¡± and what started in all? Read all about it in this week¡¯s FYI.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 16, 2013
Retailers and restaurants get slippery with unagi prices
Eel is becoming scarce in the wild, but supermarkets are still trying to keep unagi prices down.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 24, 2011
Cheap labor market will have to make do without Chinese workers
The flight of cheap labor following the earthquake may have a lasting effect on Â鶹´«Ã½ economy.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Apr 9, 2010
Where¡¯s the (cheap) beef?
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack might be heartened to hear the gyudon (beef bowl) battle is more ferocious than ever.
60% in Japan give up activities due to sweat, survey finds
The summer heat hits Tokyo's Ginza District on July 23.
JAL and ANA to coordinate flight schedules for first time
An All Nippon Airways airplane flies past an oil refinery as it approaches to land at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
Takaichi¡¯s punishing workload draws renewed scrutiny after 6?-hour checkup at hospital
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on Thursday
Behind Takaichi¡¯s subtle signals at Â鶹´«Ã½ WWII events
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks on among children during a ceremony commemorating the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at the city's Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 9.
The new world of collectible design
Nilufar, founded by Milan curator Nina Yashar, was among the exhibitors at Salone Raritas. Yashar calls collectible design ¡°a free, authorial language¡± that goes beyond function.
Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
Commuters disembark a tram in Melbourne in March.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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