The Japanese fast-food chain Sukiya is temporarily shutting down its nearly 2,000 locations after a rat was found in a soup dish earlier this year. A rat was reportedly found in a bowl of miso ...

Sukiya, the country’s largest chain serving gyudon, or beef bowls, announced the temporary closures following an insect contamination incident at one of its suburban Tokyo locations on Friday.

Sukiya has apologized to its customers and said it will carry out a deep clean of its stores over four days. The company acknowledged that a rat was found in a miso soup served to a customer at ...