Among the number arrested is a 21-year-old who is alleged to have drunk from a communal soy sauce bottle at aTwo other customers, a 19-year-old man and 15-year-old girl, were also arrested for allegedly helping share a 10-second clip that showed him placing a soy sauce bottle in his mouth.
The spate of hygiene incidents – including one in which a teenager licked the rim of a teacup before placing it back on a shelf, then wiped saliva on a plate of passing sushi – first came to light earlier this year, forcing restaurant chains to take drastic measures to attract nervous customers back through their doors.halting its conveyor belts
Kura Sushi said it would soon start using cameras equipped with artificial intelligence to monitor customers’ tables, despite complaints that it was effectively putting its clientele under surveillance.