Teen sued by Japanese sushi establishment for soy sauce prank for RM2.21 million

According to Japanese media, a sushi restaurant chain is suing a patron for 67 million yen (RM2.21 million or US$480,000), claiming that a popular internet video of the adolescent licking communal bottles and plates led to a decline in sales, foot traffic, and the company's shares.

Akindo Sushiro's owner, Food & Life Cos, had reported the incident to the police and had also obtained an apology from the offender. In the video, he also used his inhaled fingers to touch the sushi as it passed by.

The biggest chain of sushi on a conveyor belt is called Sushiro. The parent company's shares declined 4.8% on January 31, resulting in losses of 16bil yen (RM529.77mil), according to national broadcaster NHK and the Yomiuri newspaper.

After the Gifu City video immediately went viral on social media sites like Twitter, the phenomenon, known as "Sushi Terrorism," prompted a wave of imitative attacks.

After the video from Gifu city swiftly went viral on social media sites like Twitter, the phenomenon—dubbed "Sushi Terrorism"—sparked a wave of imitative incidents.

The sushi company's spokeswoman declined to comment on a specific instance. Osaka District Court verified the litigation but stated that it was unable to provide further information.

In order to prevent tampering with its conveyor belts, the chain installed acrylic screens at certain of its locations. It also announced that it would offer fresh seasonings and cutlery to customers who requested them, charges for which it is suing the kid for reimbursement.

Zensho Holdings Co-owned Hamasushi and Kura Sushi Inc., two other significant conveyor belt sushi companies, revealed to Bloomberg News in February that they were contemplating strategies like implementing artificial intelligence and cameras to deter prospective pranksters. By Bloomberg

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Through the DuitNow cross-border QR payment feature, BigPay users can scan QR codes in Singapore and Thailand.

With the help of the DuitNow cross-border QR payment technology, BigPay users may now travel more easily without cash to Singapore and Thailand. This means you can pay by scanning an SGQR code from Singapore NETS or a Thai QR code from Thailand's PromptPay.

BigPay claims to be one of the first companies to launch the service, which enables quick and easy instant QR payments at competitive currency rates in an effort to give users a seamless travel payment experience. This adds to the benefits of the real Visa prepaid card from BigPay, which also enables frictionless transactions at any business across the world that accepts Visa or Visa Paywave.

Simply open the BigPay app, select the Explore option at the bottom of the screen, and then select DuitNow QR to send a QR payment abroad. You can scan the QR code from this point, enter the amount, check the transaction details, including the exchange rate, and then click pay to finish the transaction. The payment procedure is much the same as scanning any DuitNow QR code in Malaysia.

The announcement of a cross-border QR payment linkage between Bank Negara Malaysia and Bank of Thailand was made back in 2021, in case you missed it. Users in Thailand are able to scan the DuitNow QR codes in Malaysia under the first phase using their native apps. Phase 2 was slated to launch in Q4 2022, allowing Malaysian users to scan Thai QR codes. With Paynet's DuitNow QR network's cross-border QR payment capability enabled, travellers from Malaysia can use their own mobile banking or eWallet app while travelling abroad, while visitors from other countries can use their local applications to pay at DuitNow QR merchants in Malaysia.

The cross-border QR connectivity with Singapore was formally declared by Bank Negara Malaysia in late March of this year, while the cross-border QR coupling with Indonesia's QRIS QR was formally disclosed earlier this month. It's interesting that BigPay omitted to disclose that it supports the national QR code standard in Indonesia.

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Nokia updates its logo because some believe it still manufactures mobile phones.

Nokia Oyj, a Finnish manufacturer of 5G technology, has changed its logo to avoid being associated with mobile phones, a sector it left almost ten years ago.

The redesigned logo was unveiled on February 26 along with a new set of strategic pillars meant to facilitate speedier expansion as the world adopts fifth-generation mobile technology at an accelerating rate.

In an interview conducted before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Sunday, Nokia's CEO Lars Lundmark remarked, "In most people's perceptions, we are still a successful mobile phone brand, but this is not what Nokia is about. We intend to introduce a new brand that places a strong emphasis on networks and industrial digitalization, which are entirely unrelated to outdated mobile phones.

HMD Global Oy continues to sell mobile devices with the Nokia brand. Once Microsoft Corp., which acquired the company in 2014, stopped using the name, HMD obtained the rights.

Nokia, according to Lundmark, would concentrate on expanding its market share in the industry of selling network equipment to wireless service providers. He claimed that Nokia now had "the weapons and the tools" to increase market share without reducing profit margins. Restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co., a Chinese competitor, helped with this because the business had been prohibited from selling components for 5G networks by a number of European governments.

Nokia also intends to accelerate the expansion of its business providing businesses with private 5G networks. The CEO stated that the enterprise division's next goal is to develop the division "to double-digit" levels, mostly through organic growth and smaller acquisitions. The enterprise division attained an 8% proportion of Nokia's top line last year.

However, Nokia decided against following in the footsteps of its main rival Ericsson AB, whose US$6.2 billion purchase of Vonage Holdings Inc. was motivated by a similar desire to expand its enterprise business.

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Tablets are given for no cost to qualified students.

Applying for a free tablet computer under the "This is IT" project is encouraged for students from low-income families in the Puteri Wangsa constituency.

The program's creator, Puteri Wangsa assemblywoman Amira Aisya Abd Aziz, will also donate this month's pay to support the endeavour.

"I have a strong passion for education.

I don't feel comfortable taking this month's pay because I will be spending a month in the US to participate in the International Visitor Leadership Programme at the US embassy's invitation.

"After talking with my team, we decided to start a project to help and empower the less fortunate Puteri Wangsa students.

In the beginning, she said, "We will be giving precedence to students pursuing technical and vocational education and training because the programme is still new and the number of tablet devices is restricted.

The free tablet programme is available to Malaysians between the ages of 16 and 19 whose parents are Puteri Wangsa voters and whose household income is less than RM3,000.

Before the deadline of February 22nd, Amira Aisya asked individuals who were interested to apply at https://tinyurl.com/applyTab.

For additional information, call her service centre hotline at 014-914-1481.

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Research In 2022, global dividends will reach record levels.

According to research released today, businesses paid their shareholders US$1.56 trillion (RM7 trillion) in dividends last year.

After recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, the sum is up 8.4% from 2021, the previous record year, according to research by asset management Janus Henderson.

Half of the gain was accounted for by financial companies and oil and gas producers, according to its Global Dividend Index, which monitors the 1,200 largest companies by market capitalization.

According to the asset manager, oil and gas companies increased their distributions by more than 66% in the form of ordinary or special dividends as surging energy prices boosted profitability.

According to the report, 88% of businesses would either raise or maintain their dividends in 2022.

Eurozone banks used their newfound authority to pay dividends after the European Central Bank froze them at the outset of the pandemic.

According to the research, banks and other financial institutions were responsible for 25% of the increase in dividends last year.

The transport and shipping industries benefited from rising freight costs, although mining earnings declined from their record high in 2021 as a result of falling commodity prices.

The announcement of enormous corporate profits and bonuses has renewed debate over windfall taxation as the global economy falters and inflation puts pressure on households worldwide.

The prospects for dividends are more dubious going forward, according to Jane Shoemake, portfolio manager at Janus Henderson.

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