Japan sushi chain sues teen RM2.21mil for soy-sauce licking prank

The phenomenon, dubbed ‘Sushi Terrorism’, sparked a wave of copycat incidents shortly after the video, taken in Gifu city, quickly spread across social-media platforms including Twitter. — AFP

A sushi restaurant chain is suing a customer for 67mil yen (RM2.21mil or US$480,000), 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.

Food & Life Cos, which owns Akindo Sushiro, the outlet where the incident occurred, had filed a police report and received an apology from the perpetrator. In the clip, he also touched the sushi as it rolled past with fingers he had put in his mouth.