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☆ ‘Sushi terrorism’ pranks prompt Japanese chain to turn to cartoon conveyor belts
  + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Francesca Annio Chris Lau | Francesca Annio | Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
Tokyo/Hong Kong CNN —A Japanese sushi chain targeted in a spate of pranks that has sparked concern over hygiene has devised a digital conveyor belt to serve food to customers. The chain had been subject to a string of pranks dubbed “sushi terrorism” since the start of the year. Inspired by viral online videos, pranksters filmed themselves licking shared soy sauce bottles or tampering with food rotating on conveyor belts at the chain’s restaurants. Three Sushiro outlets have been fitted with the new digital conveyor belts. The student from western Hyogo prefecture said he would miss the convenience of being able to pick up sushi directly from the conveyor belts, if they are eventually phased out completely.
Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, —, Akindo, pranksters, Sushiro, ”, Alessio Procopio, Hideki Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Police, NHK Locations: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Osaka, Nagoya, Gifu, Japan, Hyogo
☆ A sushi chain is suing a teen who licked a soy sauce bottle for nearly half a million dollars. His lawyer argues the teen never meant for footage of the incident to go viral.
  + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Lina Batarags | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
In a viral video, the teen was licking a soy sauce bottle and touching sushi. It's not an isolated incident: Sushi terrorism is on the rise. Food and Life Companies, which owns Akindo Sushiro, is worth $363.8 billion. Akindo Sushiro operates 610 branches in Japan and employs more than 47,000 people across full-time and part-time roles. A spokesperson for Akindo Sushiro declined Bloomberg's request for comment.
Persons: —, Akindo Sushiro, Insider's Aaron McDade, Sushiro Organizations: Service, Food, Life Companies, NHK, Japan's, China Morning Post Locations: Japan, Osaka, China
☆ Sushi chain sues high school student who licked soy sauce bottle for $480,000
  + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Kathleen Magramo Junko Ogura | Kathleen Magramo | Junko Ogura | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —A sushi chain is suing a high school student for 67 million yen ($480,000) after social media footage showed him licking his finger then touching a plate of sushi as it passed him on the conveyor belt, Japan’s public broadcaster has reported. The footage of the student also showed him licking a soy sauce bottle and a cup that he then placed back onto a communal pile. NHK said the student’s legal counsel wrote to the court in May asking it to dismiss the complaint. It said the student had admitted the act and regretted his actions, but added that there was no proof of a link between his actions and the drop in customers at the sushi chain. Akindo Sushiro Co. told CNN it would refrain from giving details of the case because it was under appeal.
Persons: Akindo Sushiro Organizations: CNN, NHK Locations: Gifu, Japan, Osaka
☆ 'Sushi terrorism' is spreading as pranksters lick food, utensils in Japan's conveyor belt restaurants
  + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Conveyor belt sushi restaurants have been an affordable option across Japan for decades. The prank videos, often perpetrated by younger culprits, show customers at any one of Japan's many conveyor belt sushi restaurants taking things off the belt like utensils, soy sauce bottles, or food. He later licks a finger then at least one plate of sushi on the conveyor belt. The videos have prompted sushi restaurants to remind customers that they frequently clean and disinfect utensils, and will provide clean utensils upon request. "Kaiten-zushi," or conveyor belt sushi, restaurants have been a mainstay in Japan for decades as an affordable option.
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