Shiraishi's creation has since inspired thousands of copycats. In 2021, the Japanese conveyor belt sushi market was valued at ¥700 billion (which is around $3.6 billion USD).

Japanese chef Jun Takeda opens his first restaurant this week with MaruJun, a neighborhood sushi spot in San Rafael’s West End. The debut follows a brief soft launch as the small kitchen team ...

Descend the stairway at the very back of Downtown Crossing listening bar Temple Records to discover chef Kenta Katagai’s impossibly cool subterranean sushi den, ...