Osaka man lands in prison for unhygienic prank at Yoshinoya outlet to amuse his online fans


Construction worker Ryu Shimazu was seen in a viral video shoving into mouth pickled ginger from a common-use container at a Yoshinoya restaurant in Osaka. — Photos: Screengrab from Nethistorybot/Twitter, The Straits Times filepic

A 35-year-old construction worker was seen in a viral video shoving pickled ginger from a common-use container into his mouth at a Yoshinoya store in Osaka. He thought it would be funny and would gain him even more online followers.

But a court ruled otherwise and on Feb 15 sentenced him to serve two years and four months in prison for his unhygienic prank.

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