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Poor old Yoshinoiya, when it rains...

As reported before, the whole American BSE thing has hit Yoshinoiya's gyudon empire by depriving them of their main source of beef. Now it appears that the Bird Flu in South East Asia has now hit Yoshinoiya's second most important money earner, which was some kind of chicken and onions on rice, as there is now an import ban on all poultry from infected countries.

That leaves, on Yoshinoiya's once extensive menu, pickled daikon and water...