Japan police arrest two in food prank at beef bowl diner

A signboard of a Yoshinoya restaurant, a fast food beef bowl chain, is seen on April 5, 2023, in Tokyo. Japanese police have arrested two men on suspicion of shoveling ginger condiment into his mouth directly from a communal container with his chopsticks at a famous beef bowl restaurant in western Japan, a latest in the series of food pranks that had earlier hit sushi chains and known as ‘sushi terrorism’. — AP

TOKYO: Japanese police have arrested two men who posted a video on social media showing one eating pickled ginger with his chopsticks directly from a communal container at a famous beef bowl restaurant chain, part of a series of pranks that have hit sushi chains and became known as “sushi terrorism”.

Osaka prefectural police on April 5 said Ryu Shimazu and Toshihide Oka were arrested on suspicion of obstructing business and destroying and dirtying property.