Unsanitary Japanese Sushi Prank Sends Ripples Across Stock Market
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The affected company has already filed a complaint with the police, and the restaurant where the teenage prankster was filmed has reportedly taken steps to deal with the issue.
Shares prices of prominent Japanese restaurant chain Sushiro dropped by five percent after videos showing unhygienic pranks being pulled at their sushi conveyor belt outlets went viral.
In one video, apparently recorded at a Sushiro venue in the city of Gifu, a teenager licks the top part of a communal soy sauce bottle before taking a teacup off a nearby shelf, licking the cup’s rim and placing it back. The teenager can also be seen licking his finger and then using that finger to touch a slice of sushi moving past him on a conveyor belt.
#반성하지않음 #청춘 #배고프다 #스시테러 #스시로 pic.twitter.com/fveD2CTv1x
— 髙井 十蔵 (@ju__pippippi) January 30, 2023
Other similar videos appear to show customers putting wasabi on sushi that moves past them, licking the spoon in a communal green tea powder container or even quietly stealing small bites of food.
Lmao theres trending topic in Japan of "sushi terrorism"started when a kid licked sushi & cups in conveyor belt in Sushiro Restaurant.Which led to posts of other bad behaviours in sushi outlets like stealing food & putting wasabi in conveyors. Guess Japan's not so clean after all pic.twitter.com/mbzXCv8e22
— Rihito says 我的推特账户已被归还 (@RihitoPhysicist) February 1, 2023
While these videos do not seem to indicate the emergence of a widespread trend, they were followed by what some media outlets described as an “uproar” in Japan.
Sushiro has already issued a statement saying that the teen behind the original video and his parents have apologized and that the company has issued a formal police complaint.
"We will continue to respond firmly with both criminal and civil cases," the firm said.
The outlet where the aforementioned incident occurred has also reportedly cleaned all of their cups and replaced all soy sauce bottles at the venue, the company said as quoted by local media sources.
