Hormone Disrupter Scare Halts Fish Shipments
JAPAN - A fishery cooperative in Owase, Mie Prefecture, stopped shipments of farmed fish following th discovery that a farm in the region had used a banned hormone...

Army of Alien Jellyfish on Route to Japan
JAPAN - Japan has been hit by an invasion of giant Nomura's jellyfish which are stifling the fishing industry.

Cracking the Code: Genetics of Super Bluefin Tuna
JAPAN - Japanese scientists will have bred a new "super-tuna" within a decade that will be stronger, more resistant to disease and taste better than the bluefin...

Peak Fish Prospect Threatens Japanese Diet
JAPAN - Japan’s little secret is out. All over Asia, and indeed the rest of the world, people are discovering what the Japanese have known for centuries: fish...

Aquaculture: Keeping Tuna on the Menu
JAPAN - In December 2007, the Fisheries Laboratory fish farm of Kinki University in Wakayama Prefecture became the first facility in the world to "close the cycle"...

Bluefin Tuna Farming Gaining Ground
JAPAN - Farming tuna, one of the staples of sushi restaurants, is an expensive and risky endeavour but some are prepared to take the risks.

Big Business in Japanese Tuna Farms
JAPAN - Two Japanese firms intend to expand their bluefin tuna farming operations in the wake of tougher fishing restrictions and growing demand.

NACA Staff Awarded for Research on Genetics
JAPAN - A researcher from the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia Pacific (NACA) has been given an award for work on the molecular genetic tools in aquaculture,...

Pearl Fraud: Cracking Open the Mystery
JAPAN - Over 75 years ago, Japanese innovator Kokichi Mikimoto shovelled 720 000 pearls into a burning furnace. His actions reverberated around the world and across...

Acupuncture for Calm and Tasty Tuna
JAPAN - In an effort to produce the most delicious sushi in the world, a Japanese company are beginning to give their tuna acupuncture.

Strike Hits Market Supplies
JAPAN - A strike by Japanese fishermen hit supplies at Tokyo's leading fish market on Wednesday.

Japan cancels Import Tariffs of 51 Indonesian Fish Products
JAPAN - Japan has cut import tariffs on 51 Indonesian fish products in the 3.5 to 10.5 per cent range to zero percent from 1 July according to the Indonesian Ministry...

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...

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)popula...

$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 Gia...

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...

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...

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...

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...