Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yusuke Kawai and Tetsuya Iyoda remove a metal net used to protect their clams from predators as sea temperatures rise in Maisaka, ...

Normally, when something is toxic, you're encouraged not to eat it. However, when prepared properly, this fish is actually a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In March 2011, Japan experienced a massive tsunami that was the aftermath of a 9.1 earthquake, the largest the country has ever experienced. It resulted in the deaths of an estimated 29,000 people and ...

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 ...