Kura Sushi Video Prankster in Japan Found Guilty, Given Suspended Prison Sentence
15:13 JST, October 13, 2023
NAGOYA — A 21-year-old man was found guilty on Friday for filming disturbing behavior at a Kura Sushi conveyor-belt sushi chain in Nagoya in February.
The Nagoya District Court sentenced the man, a painter from Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, to three years in prison, suspended for five years.
Prosecutors said that the man took a video of himself putting the spout of a soy sauce bottle to his mouth as if drinking from it, and then posted the video on social media.
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