A religious ceremony in Japan where carp are plied with alcohol before being returned to a river has left animal rights activists feeling green around the gills. The rural festival, held every January ...

ONJUKU, Japan-- Every morning, hundreds of pounds of fresh fish, hauled in from ports across eastern Japan, is rushed to this sleepy town hours away from the capital. This fish isn’t destined for a ...

Reporting from Tokyo — Business is brisk at the Aburi Itsu restaurant, a great relief for fifth-generation owner Michimasu Takayasu. The reason: The eatery specializes in eel, or unagi. The fish is ...

SEOUL, South Korea South Korea announced Friday that it was banning all fish imports from along Japan's northeastern coast because of what officials called growing public worry over radioactive water ...

It takes a certain kind of person to find artistic inspiration in a dead fish. But in a recent workshop on Japanese fish printing at Oak Island Recreation Center, more than 35 people did just that.

MAISAKA, Japan — Every year, as July draws to a close, Norio Terada and his fellow oyster farmers submerge hundreds of scallop shells strung on wire rings into the waters of Lake Hamana. The tiny ...

Japanese authorities are on the hunt for a batch of deadly fish after toxic parts of the sea creature were accidentally put on sale. A supermarket in the city of Gamagori sold five packages of fugu ...

Fish in a river in northern Japan are more stylish than most.It looks like green hair is growing on their heads.Staff at a local aquarium identified the fish as striped mullet and offered a theory ...

TOKYO — The country that gave the world sushi now finds itself with too much fish. Demand for seafood has been dropping in Japan for much of the past decade as people eat more pork and beef, forcing ...

Recent sightings of a rare, serpent-like sea creature — which in Japanese lore, is thought to be a harbinger of natural disasters — have sent Japan’s social media into a frenzy. “This is no doubt ...

FDA will screen Japanese imported fish before it comes into U.S. food supply. April 5, 2011 — -- Are you green around the gills with Monday's news that Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. is dumping ...

Divers swimming in the cold, murky waters of Monterey Bay, California, say they’ve spotted a fish that’s a long way from home. It’s called a barred knifejaw, and it’s native to Japan, Korea and China.