Overview

• On May 26, a 30-year-old self-described video streamer broadcast herself pouring excrement on glasses and vomiting in a private karaoke booth at Round One Stadium Sennichimae in Osaka’s Chuo Ward Osaka Prefectural Police on July 29 filed documents with prosecutors charging the suspect with obstruction of business after she admitted live-streaming the disruptive acts
• Round One Japan called the behavior “extremely malicious,” apologized online, discarded all potentially contaminated glassware and bolstered room hygiene management
• Prosecutors will review the case under Japan’s obstruction of business statutes and determine whether to formally indict the streamer
• The incident underscores growing clashes between attention-seeking livestream stunts and the need to protect commercial operations and public health