The president of the operating company of "Kappa Sushi" was arrested on suspicion of illegally taking out trade secrets such as the cost of products from a rival chain he worked for before. An interview with the police found out what had happened.

The Metropolitan Police Department believes that the data was used systematically, and plans to send documents to the public prosecutor on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act.

Kimi Tanabe, 46, the president of Kappa Create, which operates Kappa Sushi, said that he had been serving Hamazushi from September to December before and after he changed jobs from the parent company of rival chain Hamazushi. was arrested on the 30th on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, including illegally taking out trade secrets such as the cost of the product.



In this case, Hideaki Otomo, 42, the general manager of product planning at Kappa Create, was also arrested on suspicion of illegally using data. I learned from an interview with the Metropolitan Police Department that the data was also shared.



There is a suspicion that Director Otomo shared the data received from President Tanabe with the two by email and compared it with the cost of the company's products.



As competition in the conveyor belt sushi industry intensifies, the Metropolitan Police Department believes that it systematically used data from competitors, and plans to send documents to prosecutors on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act.