Overview
- Saitama Prefectural Police arrested 43-year-old Yuta Shinnishi on Monday on suspicion of obstructing business after a June 28 recording at a Hamazushi store showed possible touching of a communal soy-bottle nozzle.
- The store operator filed a police report after the video was posted to social media and asked police to investigate because staff had to replace bottles and handle customer complaints.
- Shinnishi admits he filmed the clip but tells investigators he is unsure whether his finger actually touched the nozzle and has partially denied the specific act shown in the recording.
- This is a repeat case: Shinnishi was arrested in early June over a different Hamazushi video and received a summary fine of ¥500,000 from Kawagoe Summary Court on June 23.
- Authorities are using the charge 威力業務妨害, which covers acts and public postings that hinder business operations, and the renewed arrest may lead to further questioning and formal prosecution.