The operator of a major Japanese conveyor-belt sushi chain is suing a customer for damages after he posted a prank video on social media.
The Osaka-based company claims the video hurt its business.
Akindo Sushiro filed the lawsuit with the Osaka District Court. It's seeking more than 67 million yen, or about 480,000 dollars, in damages.
The video shows a customer licking a soy sauce bottle at the chain's Gifu City restaurant in central Japan in January.
Akindo Sushiro says the video led to a significant drop in customers nationwide and a sharp decline in the share price of its parent company.
It says it suffered a loss of about 115 million dollars as a result.再生解説
The company says the prank offended many of its customers and damaged their trust in its hygienic controls.再生解説
◆prank悪ふざけ、いたずら
◆lick なめる
◆hygienic衛生的な