sushi

Sushi restaurants are thriving in Ukraine, bringing jobs and a 'slice of normal life'

5:02am January 13, 2024

Ukraine's economy is battered by Russia's full-scale invasion, but its consumer economy is still running — especially the country's popular sushi restaurants, where cream cheese is a key ingredient.

The global flagship store for Kura Sushi, a Japanese conveyor-belt sushi restaurant chain, is pictured here in January 2020 in Tokyo. Conveyor-belt sushi restaurants have been the target of a spate of pranks.

World News

'Sushi terrorist' and 2 accomplices arrested in Japan after viral prank

11:24am March 09, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

Viral videos showed 21-year-old Yoshino Ryoga putting his saliva on utensils and sushi and licking the spout of soy sauce bottles at a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant in Nagoya City.

Customers dine at a Japanese conveyor belt sushi restaurant restaurant in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2020.

Japan's conveyor belt sushi industry takes a licking from an errant customer

10:08am February 02, 2023

by Anthony Kuhn

The public's reaction to reports of one customer defiling utensils at sushi eateries suggests it's a brazen assault on two things of which Japanese are very proud, their sushi and their manners.

Sam Richman, owner-chef of Sammy's Deluxe restaurant in Rockland, says his patrons tend to prefer full-grown unagi smoked, European style, rather than as Japanese sushi.

Environment

Will Americans Embrace A Zeal For Eel? This Maine Entrepreneur Hopes So

8:02am October 15, 2018

by Fred Bever

Most catches are exported to unagi-loving Asian nations, which pay up to thousands of dollars per pound. But one woman is raising and marketing eels for U.S. buyers: "Why not keep that value at home?"

There may a reason brown rice sushi doesn't taste as good as the traditional white rice kind.

Science
Arts

Why Is Brown Rice Sushi So Awful? Here's The Science

1:00pm December 05, 2016

by Sujata Gupta

Sure, brown rice is better for you than refined white rice. But if you cringe when you see it on sushi, there's good reason behind that, and it's rooted in flavor science and biochemistry.

Sushi burritos from Washington, D.C., restaurant Buredo. These are delicious, but there's no way they'll earn certification as authentic Japanese cuisine under a new program from the government of Japan.

Sorry, Sushi Burrito: Japanese Program Certifies Authentic Cuisine

1:50pm February 08, 2016

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

In a world of Big Mac sushi and Cajun rolls, Japan is launching a new program to certify the 89,000 Japanese restaurants outside the country that uphold traditional washoku cuisine values.

Frozen tuna lies on the ground at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. The FDA recommends freezing raw fish before serving it in sushi as a way to keep it free of parasites. But as a recent outbreak of Salmonella in the U.S. highlights, freezing doesn't guar

Why Freezing Didn't Keep Sushi Tuna Safe From Salmonella

4:09pm September 02, 2015

by Lydia Zuraw

Freezing is usually considered a way to make raw fish safer. But a recent outbreak of Salmonella in frozen, raw tuna used in sushi across the U.S. highlights the limits of the food-safety technique.

President Obama shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before a private dinner at Sukiyabashi Jiro in Tokyo on Wednesday. At Sukiyabashi Jiro, people pay a minimum of $300 for 20 pieces of sushi chosen by the patron, Jiro Ono.

World News

Obama Gets A Taste Of Jiro's 'Dream' Sushi In Name Of Diplomacy

11:06pm April 23, 2014

by NPR Staff

On the first leg of his Asian tour, the president stopped by the iconic sushi restaurant. David Gelb, who directed a documentary about the restaurant, says eating there is amazing and nerve-wracking.

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