Last February, three members of the same gang were arrested by the Aichi prefecture (?) police for unhygienic pranks, such as spitting on soy sauce bottles and sushi on a conveyor belt at a famous Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain restaurant.
According to a report by Nippon TV News Zero on the 8th, Ryo Yoshino is charged with obstruction of business by force against a total of three other suspects (21), a 15-year-old girl and a 19-year-old man.
The trio announced their sins themselves. This is because a video of him playing an unsanitary prank was uploaded on social network service (SNS) platforms such as Twitter and TikTok.
In the video, suspect Yoshino roughly grabs a plate of sushi that is rotating on a conveyor belt with his bare hands and stuffs it into his mouth.
Soon after, he poured the soy sauce bottle on the table into his mouth. At this time, the soy sauce bottle directly contacted the mouth was photographed as it is.
A police spokesperson pointed out, “Because of the mischief of the trio, staff at the sushi chain had to do an emergency cleaning,” adding, “Normal business operations have become difficult.”
On the 8th, the entrance statement announced by Kurasushi, a Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain store. (Source Kurasushi website)Kurasashi, who suffered damage from the sushi terror, said in a statement, “With the arrest, the perception that the nuisance that shakes the relationship of trust with customers is a ‘criminal’ is widespread, and we desperately hope that no copycats will appear in the future.”
Kurashii is developing a new system using AI technology to deal with similar crimes.
According to AFP, etc., Kurasashi is not the only one who suffered a sushi terror. Previously, another conveyor belt sushi chain store, Sushiro, saw its share price plummet after the sushi terror incident.
In ‘Hamas City’, a video of putting a plate that was once taken back onto the belt was posted on social media, causing controversy.
In Japan, obstruction of business by force is punishable by up to three years in prison.
Source: Donga
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