A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna turned heads at Tokyo’s famous Toyosu fish market, selling for an eye-watering ¥510 million at the very first auction.

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 fancy restaurant or a supermarket, and it won’t likely ...

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 in snow-swept Toyama prefecture, central Japan, sees ...

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 hugely popular in Japan, especially in hot weather, when ...

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 without removing the fish’s livers yesterday. The breed ...

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 about the hair.They said the fish probably injured its head ...

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 domestic fishermen to look for buyers abroad.

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 evidence of a precursor to an earthquake,” wrote ...

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 tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean?