Japan's celebrated culinary world is known for its exacting standards of etiquette, so when a series of "sushi terrorism" videos came to light in recent weeks, the response was predictably heated.
For Greta Taswan, eating sushi was high on her to-do list during her recent trip to Tokyo with her family. But then, Taswan, who is from Indonesia, heard about the recent phenomenon of so-called ...
Antisocial media behavior has real world consequences. Eli Lilly had to release a statement saying that a "fake Lilly account" sent out a "misleading message" but the damage had already been done ...
TOKYO — A wave of pranks dubbed “sushi terrorism” has made Japanese diners think twice about the country’s iconic conveyor belt restaurants, driving changes to the way chains serve the ...
NAGOYA--Police have arrested three people for what the news media have dubbed as “sushi terrorism,” where pranksters film themselves committing unhygienic acts at conveyor-belt sushi ...
A high school student in Japan has been sued by a sushi chain, for 67 million yen ($480,000). The development comes after a social media video in January this year showed the student licking his ...
Chef Masaharu Morimoto said look out for cold rice and other red flags at high-end sushi restaurants — and shared what to ...
The operator of major Japanese conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain Sushiro is suing a prankster who appeared on a video posted on social media. Osaka-based Akindo Sushiro filed the suit with the ...
Japanese police have arrested two men who posted a clip showing one of them eating ginger from a communal container in a prank that has become known as “sushi terrorism”. Osaka prefectural police said ...
TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Sushi giant Sushiro has digitalised its conveyor belt dining experience at some of its outlets in Japan, amid a spate of sushi terrorism acts where the ...
The president of a revolving sushi chain company was arrested on Sept. 30 over allegations he stole corporate secrets from his former employer, now a rival in the business. Tokyo’s Metropolitan ...