Yoshinoya resumes 'gyudon' beef bowl sales after 3-year hiatus

TOKYO, Japan - Shuji Abe, president of fast-food restaurant chain Yoshinoya D&C Co., speaks with reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 18 as the company resumed sales of ''gyudon'' beef-on-rice dishes the same day, about two years and seven months after removing the mainstay dish from its menu due to Japan's ban on U.S. beef imports over fear of mad cow disease.

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