Sushi train restaurants have long been an iconic part of Japan’s food culture. Now, videos of people licking shared soy sauce bottles and messing with plates of food on conveyor belts are ...

For Japan’s thousands of conveyor-belt sushi restaurants, the videos were no joke. Operators say the posts have created a public relations crisis as customers fret about sanitation.

The vanishing art of sushi 04:24. In Tokyo, 20-year-old musician Luna Watanabe said she was appalled by the videos. "Omotenashi (hospitality) is an important selling point in Japan, so I think it ...

A plate of tuna sushi on a conveyor belt at Kura Sushi Inc.'s Harajuku store in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Over the years, some sushi chains have introduced more non-traditional ...

A 16-year-old boy in Tokyo has been referred to prosecutors after allegedly posting a photo of an unwrapped condom placed in ...

Japan's 'sushi terrorism' has led to a viral, unhygienic prank of mishandling sushi on conveyor belts at restaurants. 2 more have been arrested by the Japanese police.

Police in Japan have arrested three persons for unsanitary behavior at a sushi restaurant in what is thought to be the first arrests amid a rash of "sushi terrorism" videos going viral. Aichi ...

A viral trend of “sushi terrorism” has nearly crippled an iconic Japanese dining industry, leading to arrests and reforms after the spread of unhygienic pranks. Viral videos began emerging on ...

"Sushi terrorism" — diners licking or spitting in others' food — is leading some of Japan's biggest chains to alter their iconic systems.

Sushi train restaurants have long been an iconic part of Japan’s food culture. Now, videos of people licking shared soy sauce bottles and messing with plates of food on conveyor belts are ...

A viral trend of "sushi terrorism" has nearly crippled an iconic Japanese dining industry, leading to arrests and reforms after the spread of unhygienic pranks. Viral videos began emerging on ...