Since the beginning of the year, the conveyor-belt sushi chain and others have been victimized by a number of malicious &#8220;nuisance videos. Among them, the &#8220;peropero boy&#8221; who doused the spout of a soy sauce bottle, an unused teacup, and sushi in the lane at a Sushiro restaurant in Gifu Prefecture with saliva is attracting attention as a potential victim of a huge compensation bill.
<figure id="attachment_297545" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1068px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-297545"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="907e2885"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/susirooooooo-e1677399165985.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-297545" class="wp-caption-text">A blond high school student visited Sushiro with a friend. A video of him licking the mouth of an unused cup of hot water and then putting it back in the cup, and then poking the sushi in the lane with his saliva-soaked finger, has gone viral. (Quoted from the Twitter account &#8220;Takizawa Gareso&#8221;)</figcaption></figure>
After receiving apologies from the boy and his parents, Sushiro announced on its official website, &#8220;We will deal with this matter strictly from both a criminal and civil perspective. How much compensation will the boy owe this time? And how can he avoid paying huge compensation? Mr. Mitsuki Okamoto, a lawyer and former member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, explains.
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 The responsibility is divided into three categories: those who caused trouble, those who filmed it, and those who uploaded it to social networking sites. I think it is necessary to consider where the responsibility lies in terms of the maliciousness of the act. In terms of maliciousness, I think the person who uploaded the photo to a social networking service is more likely to be held responsible. I believe that the person who uploaded the photos to a social networking service is more culpable. The high school student who caused trouble is guilty of destruction of property, but if he or she did not spread it on a social networking site, he or she is not liable to the police. However, if they had not spread the information on social networking sites, it is possible that the police would not have been involved and they could have apologized to the students.
In this case, if the incident had not been spread, the amount of compensation for the soy sauce bottle, hot water bottle, and sushi could have ranged from a few hundred yen to a few thousand yen.
 In this case, the cost of the soy sauce bottles, hot water bottles, and sushi would have been several hundred to several thousand yen. The spread of the incident on SNS caused a social uproar, and many people began to feel uneasy about eating at restaurants. As the damage to the restaurant became greater, the police were forced to investigate not only for destruction of property and violation of the Misdemeanor Law, but also for obstruction of business by deceptive means.&#8221;
Sushiro&#8217;s stock price temporarily dropped by 17 billion yen in market value. Some speculate on the Internet that the boy may have to pay for the drop in the stock price, but Okamoto denies this.
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 The drop in the stock price is a loss to the shareholders, not to Sushiro,&#8221; Okamoto said. Generally speaking, it is difficult to prove a causal relationship between the nuisance and the drop in stock prices, so it is unlikely that the shareholders would win a lawsuit. However, we cannot rest assured yet. If Sushiro were to file a claim for damages for a drop in the store&#8217;s sales, it is possible that it would be required to pay compensation far in excess of what it could pay as an individual.&#8221;
<figure id="attachment_297541" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 3500px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-297541"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ae20429a"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/aflo_33902905.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-297541" class="wp-caption-text">Sushiro has received apologies from the blond high school student and his parents, but has announced that it will take strict action</figcaption></figure>
In one case, a buckwheat noodle restaurant was fined over 10 million yen for compensation to a part-time worker who caused trouble by damaging the restaurant&#8217;s brand and forcing it to close. Since Sushiro is a major chain, the amount of compensation is expected to be in the tens of millions of yen. Although this is not an amount that a minor can afford to pay, the boy himself will be held responsible.
 He said, &#8220;It is possible for a high school student to escape liability for damages by going bankrupt. Under bankruptcy law, even if he goes bankrupt, he may not be relieved of his liability for damages. If he had maliciously intended to damage the Sushiro brand, he would not be discharged and could continue to pay tens or hundreds of millions of yen in compensation.
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead="You don't have to pay a hefty compensation claim...what is the solution?"></div>
<figure id="attachment_297546" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1045px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-297546"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="bed0159f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/susiroooookokoko-e1677399469795.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-297546" class="wp-caption-text">Another boy sprays hand sanitizer spray on the plates and sushi flowing down the lane; in addition to this boy, social networking sites have been ablaze with videos of annoying behavior by a man licking a soy sauce pitcher and a man shoveling tea powder directly into his mouth (quoted from the Twitter account &#8220;Takizawa Galeso&#8221;).</figcaption></figure>
Although the responsibility for compensation lies with the individual, the parents end up paying for the compensation of their children who are not financially capable of doing so. A child commits a nuisance act in a place that is out of his or her sight. And if it is released into the sea of the Internet -. Do you have such a fear?
 There is a simple solution. That is to purchase bicycle insurance. A family liability insurance policy will cover liability for non-bicycle accidents up to 300 million yen for a premium of 6,360 yen per year. The premium is ¥6,360 per year and covers up to ¥300 million for non-bicycle accidents. It may be attached to fire insurance.
 The insurance company is not required to pay for damages caused intentionally or by the insured&#8217;s duties. This willful immunity has been a point of contention in past cases, and the judge&#8217;s decision will depend on which way the case falls from time to time.
 In the present case, the mischief was intentional up to the point of deliberate mischief. In this case, the prank was intentional up to the point where it was done intentionally, but it could be taken as unintentional if it was not expected to cause such a big commotion afterwards. It is difficult to predict which verdict will be reached, but if the court rules that it was unintentional, the insurance will cover 300 million yen per person, all three high school students who were present, and Sushiro could receive up to 900 million yen in insurance payouts.&#8221;
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Finally, some arrests have been made: on March 8, Aichi Prefectural Police arrested Ryoga Yoshino, 21, an unemployed man with no fixed address, and other suspects on suspicion of obstructing business. Yoshino and the others are suspected of obstructing the restaurant&#8217;s business by holding the spout of a soy sauce jug directly in their mouths inside a Kura Sushi restaurant and posting the incident on a social networking service.
Restaurants are shuddering at the thought of the damage that could be done to them at any moment. And parents of children with smartphones cannot afford to let the fire on the other side of the river go unnoticed. It may be wise for parents to purchase insurance to prepare for the troubles of today that their children&#8217;s parents may not have thought of.
<figure id="attachment_297542" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 5460px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-297542"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="84e7a5e6"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/02/aflo_120417101.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-297542" class="wp-caption-text">In addition to sushi restaurants, videos have also been posted at yakiniku and udon restaurants showing people eating directly from shared red ginger and putting back used toothpicks, causing damage</figcaption></figure>

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 Since the beginning of the year, a number of sushi chains and others have been affected by malicious "nuisance videos. Among them, the "Peropero boy" who doused the spout of a soy sauce bottle, an unused teacup, and sushi in the lane at a Sushiro restaurant in Gifu Prefecture with his saliva was the most frequently reported.

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