MITO, Japan (AP) - Japan has proposed raising its catch quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna, a fish so highly prized for sushi and sashimi that its population is at less than 5% of historical levels. An ...

Preparing raw seafood requires a great deal of finesse, and sushi and sashimi restaurants often serve fish that have been ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. TOKYO -- Japanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a ...

A long standing dispute between Australia and Japan looks set to find resolution this week, following the signing of an agreement that designates tuna fishing quotas to Japanese fishing boats. The ...

Japanese sushi restaurant chain Choushimaru Co. recently won a Guinness World Records title for the largest simultaneous tuna ...

Seafood is undoubtedly the predominant protein source eaten in Japan, and tuna is by far the most esteemed and favored. As a ...

Tokyo (CNN) — A bluefin tuna about the size of a motorcycle has been sold for $1.3 million (207 million yen) at Japan’s most prestigious fish market, setting the second highest price on record during ...

Photos of big tuna hanging from their tails usually leave me a little cold, particularly when those tuna have been caught in Japan, the world’s largest consumer of the endangered bluefin. But this ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Illegal fishing has depleted global stocks of tuna and governments need to take bold action to save some critically endangered species, the WWF conservation group said on Monday as a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's tuna market, the world's largest, is taking an outsized hit from the coronavirus pandemic, pressuring restaurants and wholesalers at Tokyo's sprawling Toyosu fish market to ...