The Gifu District Public Prosecutors Office has sent a 17-year-old boy who posted a viral video of an unhygienic prank at the popular conveyor-belt sushi chain Sushiro, to family court.
The teenager, accompanied by friends, filmed himself licking an open soy sauce bottle and touching sushi intended for other diners on the moving conveyor belt, with his fingers covered in saliva at the Sushiro Gifu Masaki restaurant on Jan 3, Kyodo News reported. He posted the video on Twitter on Jan 29 and it went viral, causing the major sushi restaurant chain to suffer a loss in business.
Sushiro filed the lawsuit against the youth at the Osaka District Court in June and is seeking about 67 million yen in damages. It said it installed plastic barriers at over 600 outlets nationwide, resulting in a loss of 90 million yen, Kyodo reported.
After the 45-second video went viral, media started referring to the incident as "sushi terrorism.”
© Japan Today
12 Comments
nosuke
He is old enough to be trialed as an adult
Roy Sophveason
Not under Japanese law he isn't.
Fighto!
Make the miserable little POS mop the floors and wash the dishes for the next 60 years. Even then, he would be well short of the financial damage he caused.
Reginald Bok
Way over the top.
Come on now @fighto! Get a grip
What he did was wrong. Give him a fine and move on.
WA4TKG
Just a way to rip people off, I doubt seriously there's a Public Service involved / intended.
piskian
Think he might get a raw deal.
Brian Wheway
I would like to know how the chain worked out they suffered losses of 90, million,
Rodney
I have never seen staff wash their hands.
Concerned Citizen
If Sushiro is demanding the boy pay 67 million then that is ridiculous.
Mark
Why would they wash their hands where you can see them?
Gaijinjland
Sushiro dropped the suit against the kid today. JT, maybe keep your stories updated once in a while?
Abe234
Let's stop using the word terrorism. It weakens the real meaning of the word terrorism. Personally, I blame the Americans for calling anything and everything TERRORism now. I remember terrorism was supposed to be about a group of people with a political aim, bombing, hijacking and killing people. Licking a bottle is in NO way "Terrorism". Get a grip! If you want to use an English word please use it properly. Sushi terrorism gives me images of some Japanese person blowing stuff up. Now the gas attack in Tokyo was terrorism!
nosukeToday 05:00 pm JST
Age is just there for lawyers and cops to implement the law. It doesn't actually mean he IS an adult. How many of us at 17 were so mature we never did stupid things?