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Business
‘Sushi terrorism’ leaves just one major conveyor-belt sushi chain standing in Japan
“Sushi terrorism” pranks, which involve customers licking communal soy sauce bottles and tampering with dishes, have forced nearly all major...
Ryan General
Japanese sushi chain drops $480,000 suit against 17-year-old over licking prank
The operator of Japanese sushi restaurant chain Sushiro has reportedly dropped its lawsuit against a high school student who contaminated fo...
Carl Samson
Japanese sushi chain sues teen for $480,000 for licking soy sauce bottle
A restaurant chain in Japan is suing a high school student for 67 million yen (approximately $480,000) for contaminating conveyor belt sushi...
Michelle De Pacina
Crime
2 diners in Japan arrested for dipping their chopsticks into restaurant’s communal container
Police in Japan have arrested two men accused of contaminating a communal container of pickled ginger at a popular beef bowl restaurant chai...
Japanese man who licked soy sauce bottle indicted in landmark case against ‘sushi terrorism’
A man has been indicted for tampering with a restaurant’s conveyor belt sushi in Japan, marking the first known case against a participant i...
3 arrested in Japan for putting spit on food, utensils is latest in ‘sushi terrorism’ wave
Police in central Japan have arrested three suspects accused of tampering with a restaurant’s conveyor belt sushi as part of a viral “...
Food
‘Sushi terrorists’ tamper with other diners’ conveyor belt sushi in viral video trend
A popular conveyor belt sushi chain in Japan is now taking action against people who have filmed videos of themselves ruining other diners’ ...
Bryan Ke
Japan
Viral video of Japanese student licking conveyer belt sushi prompts legal action
A restaurant in Japan says it will take legal action against a student who was videoed licking his fingers and then touching its conveyor be...
Iris Jung
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