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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Justin McCurry in Tokyo

Diners in Japan arrested for dipping own chopsticks in communal bowl of ginger

Popular Japanese beef bowl chain restaurant Yoshinoya.
Popular Japanese beef bowl chain restaurant Yoshinoya. Two diners there have been arrested for tampering with communal dishes. Photograph: 194332+0900/AP

Japan’s crackdown on errant diners in the wake of “sushi terrorism” has intensified after two men were arrested for using their chopsticks to remove a condiment from a communal container at a restaurant in Osaka.

The arrests of Toshihide Oka and Ryu Shimazu came as the country’s budget food service sector attempts to contain a wave of bad behaviour among clientele that began early this year at popular chain restaurants.

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