A restaurant chain in Japan is suing a high school student for 67 million yen (approximately $480,000) for contaminating conveyor belt sushi as part of a “sushi terrorism” prank. The prank: In the now-deleted 48-second viral clip, the Japanese student can be seen at an Akindo Sushiro branch in Gifu prefecture licking a soy sauce bottle and a clean cup before placing them back in a communal pile. The teen anxiously looks around and proceeds to touch sushi circling on the conveyor belts after licking his finger.
A high schooler in Japan has been hit with a nearly half-million-dollar lawsuit, after a sushi eatery says viral footage of his antics caused a huge customer dip. Broadcaster.
A SUSHI restaurant chain is suing a customer for ¥67mil (RM2.2mil), saying that a viral online video of the teen licking communal bottles and plates caused a drop in sales, foot traffic and the company’s shares, according to Japanese media.