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Food
Acclaimed Tokyo sushi chef to make US debut with $1,000 omakase experience in NYC
Legendary Tokyo sushi chef Hidefumi Namba is coming to New York City next month to host a special omakase dinner experience with a door char...
Bryan Ke
Entertainment
Players eat endless sushi to save the world in new Switch game ‘Sushi Soul Universe’
Tokyo-based video game publisher and developer Kusoisite has announced the release of “Sushi Soul Universe” for Nintendo Switch. Key points:...
Michelle De Pacina
Business
Costco’s fresh sushi bars heading to more US stores
Freshly made sushi is headed to more Costco locations across the U.S. after a wildly successful test run at a Seattle-area warehouse. Key po...
Ryan General
Michelin-starred sushi restaurant in NYC criticized for offering smaller portions to women
Sushi Noz, a two-star Michelin restaurant in New York City, has gone viral after a negative review on TikTok criticized it for offering smal...
NYC sushi restaurant owner accuses Wegmans of stealing his concept and trade secrets
A New York City sushi restaurant owner has filed a lawsuit against Wegmans, accusing the grocery giant of stealing his restaurant concept an...
Environmental
Climate change is causing fish to shrink: Japanese study
A new study reveals that fish in the western North Pacific Ocean are getting smaller due to climate change-driven shifts in their food suppl...
Feature
A sushi council was just formed in the US
A trade group representing the seafood industry in the U.S. has launched a collaborative effort to raise quality and safety standards in the...
Why Japanese cuisine is ‘less spicy’ than others in Asia
Japanese food is often considered “less spicy” than other Asian cuisines, and this could be explained by the country’s cul...
Watch: NYC restaurant serves sushi injected with cannabis oil
A TikTok user recently shared her experience trying cannabis oil-infused sushi from New York omakase restaurant Sushi by Bou. What she’s say...
Beloved Colorado sushi spot to close after 35 years amid owner’s battle with breast cancer
After 35 years of business in Arvada, Colorado, a beloved family sushi restaurant is set to close its doors this weekend. Personal and finan...
Bluefin tuna fetches nearly $800,000 at Tokyo New Year auction
A giant bluefin tuna fetched a record 114.24 million yen ($789,000) at a New Year’s auction in Tokyo on Friday. About the tuna: Weighing 238...
Carl Samson
$10,000 members-only sushi restaurant set to open in Miami
Miami is set to host a $10,000 members-only sushi restaurant, Ura, featuring renowned Tokyo-based chef Hidefumi Namba. Making a deal: Namba...
Kimchi is world’s most confusing dish, pho among most mispronounced: study
A recent study identified the world’s most confusing and mispronounced dishes. About the study: The study by Remitly, a U.S.-based fi...
Korean cuisine ranks as cheapest cuisine to cook at home: UK study
A new U.K. report finds that Korean cuisine is the “most cost-effective” cuisine to cook at home on average for a single person or a family ...
Tri-State area’s first conveyor belt sushi restaurant opens in Cincinnati: report
A Japanese restaurant that opened for business in Cincinnati last month is reportedly offering a different kind of dining experience to resi...
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 ...
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
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’ ...
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...