Grim acts of 'sushi terrorism' has forced four of Japan's 'big five' sushi restaurants to scrap self-service after footage showed customers rubbing their saliva on the dishes. Conveyor belt-served ...

But now so-called “conveyor belt sushi” is on the way out, after an outbreak of “food terrorism” in Japan. Leading operators of kaiten — or rotating — sushi restaurants are switching ...

Yet by then such restaurants, known as kaiten-sushi, had been commonplace in Japan since the 1950s. The first was inspired by a visit to a beer factory. That creation — essentially an even ...

“Sushi terrorism” pranks, which involve customers licking communal soy sauce bottles and tampering with dishes, have forced nearly all major restaurant chains in Japan's iconic conveyor-belt sushi ...

The sun could be setting on Japan’s conveyor-belt sushi restaurants as operators shift back to the traditional system of plates being delivered to order due to hygiene and waste concerns.

Kyoto, a popular travel destination in Japan, will now restrict tourist access to parts of its renowned geisha district. Officials have reported an increase in complaints regarding tourist ...

The Oscars' best picture winner "Oppenheimer" premiered in Japan on Friday, nearly nine months after its global release, amid concerns about how the country would receive the movie as a victim ...

Taiwan’s semiconductor giant, TSMC, is quickly remaking a farm town in Japan into Asia’s next hub ... chains were passed around and plates of sushi placed in front of each person.

The film's release in Japan, more than eight months after it opened in the U.S., had been watched with trepidation because of the sensitivity of the subject matter. By The Associated Press ...

“Sushi terrorism” pranks, which involve customers licking communal soy sauce bottles and tampering with dishes, have forced nearly all major restaurant chains in Japan's iconic conveyor-belt ...