Spawning of Salmon Stops the Heart
JAPAN - Researchers here have confirmed an unusual phenomenon first observed in spawning salmon 25 years ago.

Fishery and Aquaculture Production in Japan
JAPAN - Gross fishery and aquaculture production in 2006 was ¥1,606.9 billion (yen), a 0.4 per cent increase over the previous year, according to the latest figures issued by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Global Warming Puts Rare Fish in Danger
JAPAN - Global warming and cross-border pollution have been blamed for killing fish in Lake Biwa, Japan.

Wild Common Carp in Japan Under Threat
JAPAN - Scientists from Japan have discovered the introduction of domesticated strains of carp from Eurasia are destroying the wild carp (Cyprinus carpio)populations.

$Multi-Million Feed Mill Opens in Tien Giang
JAPAN - A new mill to manufacture fish and shrimp diets has been inaugurated by Japan’s Higashimaru Joint Stock Company in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang.

Nutreco Acquires Fish Feed Production Plant in Japan
JAPAN - Dutch aquaculture giant Nutreco has acquired the fish feed production facilities of Marine Net Co. Ltd through its fish feed subsidiary Skretting Japan.

Japan fish imports continue sluggish, with lowest total volume in ten years
JAPAN - Japan's seafood imports continue sluggish in October, staying at two thirds of 2002. Japan's seafood imports in October totaled 251,630 tons, which was a drop of 13.5% from the same month of the previous year, according to the Finance Ministry's...

DDT, other banned agrochemicals found in Japanese salmon
JAPAN - Residues of DDT and other highly toxic organic chlorine agrochemicals, which have been banned in Japan since the 1970s, were found in salmon returning to a Japanese river to spawn, researchers at a University of Tokyo institute said Thursday.

Scientists breed trout out of salmon
JAPAN - Scientists have managed to breed trout from salmon using a new technique they hope will allow them to create tuna fish from mackerel.

Sperm Transplant Between Fish May Preserve Endangered Species
JAPAN - Transplanting reproductive cells between fish may help preserve endangered species or resurrect extinct ones, scientists in Japan say.

Tuna Collapse Making Waves
Overfishing, competition from fish farms, water pollution, and government subsidies to fishermen have brought bluefin tuna stocks to near collapse.

Traders smell something fishy in Tokyo market move
TOKYO - In one of the most jarring scenes in Tokyo, fishmongers carry baskets loaded with their fresh catch at Tsukiji market, minutes away from the glitz of the Ginza district packed with luxury shops and corporate headquarters.

LDP panel wants SDF to take aim at harmful animals
JAPAN - Members of a Liberal Democratic Party panel want to give Self-Defense Forces' members the legal right to fire their weapons--at animals threatening the agriculture and fisheries industries.

Antibacterial Coating Improves Fish Yield at Commercial Fish Farms
JAPAN - The Fuji Trout Hatchery at the Shizuoka Prefectural Research Institute of Fishery and Kobe Steel, Ltd. have tested an antibacterial coating that improves the sanitation of fish hatchery equipment to control parasitic water mold under commercial...

Ugandan fish products free to enter Japan
JAPAN - Japan has granted 99% market access for Uganda’s products. “This is an opportunity for Ugandan exporters to exploit the Japanese market whose government has allowed 99% of product exported there duty and tariff-free,” Uganda’s ambassador to the...

Japan aids in development of Guyanan aquaculture sector
JAPAN - Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture met with a team from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Thursday for discussions circling areas of cooperation in the aquaculture and pelagic (deep sea) sector.

Japanese company invests US $10 million to produce fish feed
JAPAN - Higashimaru Co., Ltd from Japan has signed an agreement to lease land for the building of a plant to produce feed for shrimp and catfish farming at Tan Huong industrial zone in Tien Giang southern province.

Japan scans Vietnamese shrimp for chemical residue
JAPAN - Japan permits an AOZ threshold of 1 ppb (parts per billion).

Oyster farmers voluntarily cut supply over norovirus
JAPAN - An outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by the norovirus has decreased oyster consumption, leading oyster farmers in the two major cultivation sites of Hiroshima and Miyagi prefectures to voluntary refrain from shipping their product.