If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual violence in Hong Kong, several organizations provide confidential support:
In April 2022, a top executive at Yoshinoya's parent company in Japan was dismissed after making highly offensive and sexist remarks during a marketing seminar at Waseda University, likening marketing to young women to "turning virgins into junkies". Support and Reporting Resources hongkong yoshinoya rape 2021
A 16-year-old male employee raped a 16-year-old female colleague in the restaurant's office. If you or someone you know has been
The chain faced intense boycotts and vandalism during the 2019 protests after the CEO of the master franchisee expressed support for the police following a controversial social media post. Historically, the most widely documented sexual assault case
Historically, the most widely documented sexual assault case linked to Yoshinoya in Hong Kong occurred in at a branch in Sha Tin .
The Yoshinoya brand was frequently in the news during this period for non-criminal, but highly publicized, controversies:
The perpetrator was sentenced to four years in prison in September 2009 .