Pranksters Japan are posing potential health issues and harming the reputation the country's famed conveyor-belt sushi restaurants. This week, several diners have posted prank videos social media. The pranks include people licking bottles soy sauce and chopsticks, and licking their fingers and then touching the sushi the revolving belt. These actions have shocked people Japan. The actions have been dubbed "sushi-tero," or "sushi terrorism". The incidents have caused the share prices a leading sushi chain to plummet. Many restaurants have sprung action and taken measures to combat the pranksters. These include installing security cameras and providing disinfected eating utensils.
Japan's "kaitenzushi" restaurants are ubiquitous Japan. They offer good quality, inexpensive sushi an informal, casual environment. They are usually spotlessly clean. Some industry analysts are saying sushi terrorism poses a threat to the future operations the eateries. One egregious video clip has been viewed 40 million times and has sparked copycat clips. The chain targeted the prankster is filing a civil lawsuit against him and is claiming compensation damages. The Guardian newspaper reported that there is a lot outrage on social media Japanese people, who believe the pranksters are showing "contempt the country's high standards of hygiene".