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World Exposition in Osaka

Some of the dishes available to customers at Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain Kura Sushi Inc.'s restaurant at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka are pictured on March 26, 2025, as the restaurant is shown to the media ahead of the event's opening on April 13. The restaurant is set to serve dishes from around 70 countries and regions participating in the expo.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Dishes available to customers at Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain Kura Sushi Inc.'s restaurant at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka are pictured on March 26, 2025, as the restaurant is shown to the media ahead of the event's opening on April 13. The restaurant is set to serve dishes from around 70 countries and regions participating in the expo.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain Kura Sushi Inc.'s restaurant at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is shown to the media on March 26, 2025, ahead of the event's opening on April 13. The restaurant is set to serve dishes from around 70 countries and regions participating in the expo.

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World Exposition in Osaka

The interior of Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain Kura Sushi Inc.'s restaurant at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is shown to the media on March 26, 2025, ahead of the event's opening on April 13. The restaurant is set to serve dishes from around 70 countries and regions participating in the expo.

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Sushi chain installs AI camera system after licking scandal

Major sushi restaurant chain operator Kura Sushi Inc. said Thursday it has installed camera systems equipped with artificial intelligence on conveyor belts at its restaurants, after the industry was shaken by a series of incidents involving customers licking soy sauce bottles and conducting other unhygienic acts. Kura Sushi, which already had cameras installed at its restaurants for counting customers' plates, has modified its system so that it can identify suspicious behavior, such as returning a plate to the conveyor belt. Its offices in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, and Osaka will be notified once the system detects such behavior, and the restaurant in which the incident occurs will be informed. The new equipment can identify the specific plate and seat number in question, it said. "Conveyor belt sushi is something we are proud of as part of Japanese culture. We want to make sure our customers can eat sushi delivered on the belt safely and comfortably," a company official said.

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Ultraviolet-emitting system at sushi restaurant

Photo taken at an outlet of conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain Kura Sushi Inc. in Osaka on July 27, 2020, shows an ultraviolet ray-emitting light meant to kill coronavirus.

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Japanese sushi chain's Nasdaq debut

Kunihiko Tanaka (center R), president of Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain Kura Sushi Inc., poses for a photo in New York on Aug. 1, 2019, in commemoration of its U.S. unit's debut on the Nasdaq stock market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo