“Sushi terrorism” videos began drawing attention online in early ... how they operate to try to rebuild trust with diners.Credit...Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters For Japan’s thousands of conveyor-belt sushi ...

The three met through social media, police say. Japan has had conveyor-belt sushi restaurants, which serve as a cheaper alternative to ordering made-to-order food from a sushi chef, since the 1950s.

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.

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 ...

Police in central Japan have arrested three people for taking part in pranks at a sushi conveyor belt restaurant. The acts, which appear to be becoming more commonplace, have been dubbed online as ...

This picture shows plates of sushi on a conveyor belt at a sushi chain restaurant in Tokyo on February 3, 2023.

TOKYO — A wave of pranks dubbed “sushi terrorism” has made Japanese diners ... Choshimaru, which has multiple locations in and around Japan’s capital, Tokyo, said in a statement that ...

Three people have been arrested in Nagoya over unhygienic pranks at a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant after footage of their antics -- dubbed "sushi terrorism" -- sparked ... in the saga which caused ...

Police in central Japan have arrested three suspects accused of tampering with a restaurant’s conveyor belt sushi as part of ...

The threat of “sushi terrorism”, carried out by pranksters who spit on other diners’ food or tamper with food and dishes, is prompting big changes in Japan’s kaitenzushi restaurants ...

Three people have been arrested following a spate of "sushi terrorism" videos posted online in Japan. © Reuters File pic .