Sushi chain sues high school student who licked soy sauce bottle for $480,000

Akindo Sushiro Co., which runs the Sushiro restaurant chain, claims to have suffered a sharp fall in customers after the footage of his actions at a Sushiro outlet in the city of Gifu went viral, according to Japanese broadcaster NHK.

The short clip was shared widely in Japan after it was uploaded in January and was one of a number of similar videos – including at some of Sushiro’s competitors – that helped to give rise to the term “The term is used broadly to refer to unhygienic actions at Japan’s sushi train restaurants, where customers pick dishes from conveyor belts.

NHK said the student’s legal counsel wrote to the court in May asking it to dismiss the complaint. It said the student had admitted the act and regretted his actions, but added that there was no proof of a link between his actions and the drop in customers at the sushi chain. It suggested the decline in customers could be due to fierce competition in the industry, NHK reported.

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