Originally Posted by
lin821
...It does matter.
There are sushi that use no fish at all, while sashimi is almost all fish. For example, there's zero fish in
Inarizushi (豆皮壽司 or 稲荷寿司: いなりすし).
My point is how the US government views the serving of raw fish in public restaurants - it doesn't care whether it's sushi or sashimi, it still needs a freeze.
Japan has no such regulation, so you can eat unfrozen raw fish.