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Business
This grocery chain is now the US’ biggest sushi seller
“When customers think of sushi, we want them to think of Kroger,” said Stuart Aitken, chief merchant and marketing officer at Kroger ...
Ryan General
Sushi surpasses classic sandwich as UK’s lunch of choice, according to grocery chain
Sushi has become the U.K.’s fastest growing lunchtime treat, surpassing the classic sandwich, according to the country’s leading groce...
Michelle De Pacina
Culture
The world’s most expensive sushi is now over $2K, according to Guinness World Records
The world’s most expensive sushi, which costs over $2,000, can now be found in Japan, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). Key details...
Isa Peralta
Japanese sushi chain drops $480,000 suit against 17-year-old over licking prank
The operator of Japanese sushi restaurant chain Sushiro has reportedly dropped its lawsuit against a high school student who contaminated fo...
Carl Samson
‘What’s worse than stupid?’: Sushi chef forced to blowtorch fish after couple were surprised it was raw
A sushi chef was reportedly forced to sear sashimi after a pair of customers returned their fish to be cooked. Smiles fade fast: A worker at...
Entertainment
Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto on his new cooking competition show and how sushi isn’t just Japanese
Chef Masaharu Morimoto, known as one of the original Iron Chefs, takes on the role of judge and mentor in his new sushi competition show ...
Daniel Anderson
Japanese sushi chain sues teen for $480,000 for licking soy sauce bottle
A restaurant chain in Japan is suing a high school student for 67 million yen (approximately $480,000) for contaminating conveyor belt sushi...
Food
Kanye West serves sushi on nude woman at 46th birthday party
Kanye West is receiving online backlash for having sushi served on naked women at his 46th birthday party. An old tradition: Nyotaimori, or ...
Editorial Staff
Chef Masaharu Morimoto launches first-ever sushi competition show
The first trailer for chef Masaharu Morimoto’s sushi competition show “Morimoto’s Sushi Master” has dropped. Best known as...
TikToker reveals how she hides leftovers at all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant in viral video
A TikTok video of a diner at an all-you-can-eat restaurant has gone viral for revealing the sneaky ways she hides leftover sushi. The TikTo...
Iris Jung
The grain of life: How rice is cooked in 6 different Asian countries
As a staple food throughout much of Asia, rice holds significant historical and cultural worth. Language in particular can reveal valuable i...
Ines Shin
Crime
Japanese man who licked soy sauce bottle indicted in landmark case against ‘sushi terrorism’
A man has been indicted for tampering with a restaurant’s conveyor belt sushi in Japan, marking the first known case against a participant i...
3 arrested in Japan for putting spit on food, utensils is latest in ‘sushi terrorism’ wave
Police in central Japan have arrested three suspects accused of tampering with a restaurant’s conveyor belt sushi as part of a viral “...
Woman finds ‘wriggling’ parasitic worm in sashimi bowl from Don Don Donki
A now-viral Facebook post shows videos and photos of a parasitic worm wiggling around in a sashimi rice bowl from Japanese discount store ch...
‘Sushi terrorists’ tamper with other diners’ conveyor belt sushi in viral video trend
A popular conveyor belt sushi chain in Japan is now taking action against people who have filmed videos of themselves ruining other diners’ ...
Bryan Ke
Japan
Viral video of Japanese student licking conveyer belt sushi prompts legal action
A restaurant in Japan says it will take legal action against a student who was videoed licking his fingers and then touching its conveyor be...
KBBQ, hot pot, dim sum or sushi? Asian celebs choose which one dish they’d save
NextShark asked stars at the 20th Unforgettable Gala in Beverly Hills, California, to choose one dish to save and three to eliminate for the...
TikTok chefs break world record for largest sushi roll
American professional chef Nick DiGiovanni (@nick.digiovanni) and Japanese TikTok star Lynn Davis (@cookingwithLynja) went to Boston on Oct...
New Japanese toy truck that makes sushi and then drops it off will have kids becoming itamae in no time
Japanese toy manufacturer Takara Tomy Arts announced the Kurukuru Norimaki Kojo, or the “Around and Around Sushi Roll Factory,” a toy facto...
News
Taiwanese diners who legally changed their names to ‘Salmon’ to get free sushi discover they can’t undo it
Some of the 331 people who legally changed their names for a two-day promotion that gave free sushi are are now unable to reverse the chang...
Rebecca Moon
Florida man caught on video stealing local sushi restaurant’s Buddha statue
A man was caught on surveillance camera stealing a Buddha statue from a sushi restaurant in Florida. The unidentified man can be seen placin...
TikTok video showing how a conveyer belt sushi restaurant in Japan quickly calculates bills goes viral
TikTok users are impressed by the clever technology a Japanese revolving sushi restaurant uses to ring up customers instantly. With over 3...
Celine Pun
Meals at Manhattan sushi restaurant Masa will now cost $1,000 per person
A sushi bar in Midtown Manhattan will soon charge guests $1,000 per meal for a “prized bar seat” Omakase experience. The new price will be...
Report: Vancouver is the world’s most ‘sushi-crazed’ city outside Japan
Based on Google Trends data, Vancouver is the most “sushi-crazed” city in the world outside Japan. The Canadian city, whose metropolitan a...
Social Media
‘I will definitely eat sushi again!’: California woman hospitalized after eating 32 rolls at buffet
Danielle Shapiro, 24, was sent to the hospital the day after eating 32 sushi rolls, four gyozas, two jalapeño poppers, a bowl of edamame be...
Giant tuna in Japan sells for whopping $146,000
A bluefin tuna in Japan was sold for around $146,000 at an annual auction at Tokyo’s largest fish market. The top-prized tuna was served t...
Organ-dwelling parasite is a Japanese aquarium star because it looks just like sushi
An inch-long sea creature that looks like a piece of salmon sushi has become the star of a Japanese Aquarium. All about the sushi-shaped cr...
The TikTok food trend that fuses sushi and pizza and was created by a Japanese chef in Toronto
From watermelon with mustard to cucumbers with sugar, TikTok has brought us several food combinations that evoke intrigue, suspicion and a s...
Tokyo Restaurant to Serve Custom 3D-Printed Sushi According to Your Health Needs
A new restaurant in Tokyo is bringing on the future of sushi this year. Created by startup Open Meals, Sushi Singularity will serve what it ...
Lifestyle
Japanese Dad Builds Mini Sushi Conveyor Belt and Oden Stand at Home for His Son
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to note that the dad had created mini oden stand, not ramen. A Japanese YouTuber father h...
Sushi Fusion Restaurant Births ‘Sushi Cereal’ Eaten with ‘Milk’
A fusion Asian restaurant in Mount Dora, FL, created another bizarre take on sushi by turning it into a sushi cereal. On May 14, Wave Asian ...
Beefcakes Now Deliver Sushi to Your Door in Japan During Lockdown
As delivery services continue to be of essence at this time, a new sushi business in Japan decided to buff up its staff — and quite literall...
Malaysian Restaurant’s ‘Grub Sushi’ is Actually a Traditional Delicacy
Want to grab some grubs for a snack? Butod, or sago larvae, is a traditional delicacy in Sabah’s rural community in Malaysia. It is gaining ...
Japanese Supermarket Creates One of the Largest Sushi Rolls Ever Made
Ito-Yokado, a supermarket chain in Japan, is releasing a large, luxury sushi roll as part of its Setsubun celebration, which will take place...
Trader Joe’s Sushi Recalled Over Possible Listeria Contamination
California-based company Fuji Food Products has voluntarily recalled several of their ready-to-eat sushi, spring roll, and salad sold at sev...
The Most Expensive Sushi Restaurant in NYC Costs $600 a Person
The most expensive sushi restaurant in the U.S. is now charging diners about $600 a meal — and that’s before drinks and taxes. Masa, l...