From an admission that U.S. caviar was incorrectly described as Russian to acknowledgements that different types of shrimps were used in dishes, the steady stream of new confessions and details suggests Japan's menu mislabeling scandal will continue rumbling on for some time.

Still, in the search for new tidbits to feed the news cycle, Japanese media seem unwilling to let any transgression, no matter how minor, stay out of the public domain.

Some reported "infractions" seem to be more a matter of opinion. Take the case of the Imperial Hotel, considered one of Japan's original "Big Three" hotels and best known overseas for previously having a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building. At least two major dailies followed by two news agencies included the 123 year-old hotel in the scandal for passing off frozen orange juice as fresh.

But it appears that's not the whole story.