In recent months unhygienic pranks in Japan's famed sushi conveyor belt restaurants have become a viral craze, leading to a ...

“Sushi terrorism” videos began drawing attention ... Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters For Japan’s thousands of conveyor-belt sushi restaurants, the videos were no joke. Operators say the posts have ...

Police in Japan have arrested three persons for unsanitary behavior at a sushi restaurant in what is thought to be the first arrests amid a rash of "sushi terrorism" videos going viral.

Chains across the country have taken action after viral videos showed people licking communal bottles and touching passing ...

Their antics, seen as first of their kind in Japan, have been dubbed “sushi terrorism” online and sparked outrage. They have been arrested on charges of seeking to obstruct business at major ...

Japan's celebrated culinary world is known for its exacting standards of etiquette, so when a series of "sushi terrorism" videos came to light in recent weeks, the response was predictably heated.

Three people have been arrested in Japan over unhygienic pranks at a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant after footage of their antics -- dubbed "sushi terrorism" -- sparked outrage online. Police ...

Following a series of unhygienic pranks at Japan’s popular sushi chains, restaurants are boosting their defenses against so-called sushi terrorism in an effort to put customers at ease.