In the culinary world, few dishes are as intriguing and dangerous as fugu. This pufferfish, known for its lethal potential, ...

Yamadaya has been serving puffer fish for over 100 years. Their fugu is caught in southern Japan and airlifted alive to their Tokyo restaurants. In Haedomari Market the fugu is auctioned off using ...

Because the fugu is a member of the pufferfish group, it also has another claim to fame: Like all pufferfish, the fugu has an extremely small genome, roughly one tenth the size of that of other ...

People call him “Dr. Fugu” (Dr. Pufferfish) in a nod to his expertise. As a cooking instructor, he helped promote ways to safely consume the otherwise dangerous fish. Some 50 kinds of blowfish ...

We actually eat them. That's right. In Japan, puffer fish is actually a delicacy called fugu, which only trained chefs can prepare. And considering that these fish are basically spike balls filled ...

A Japanese city has broadcast emergency warnings to prevent people consuming blowfish, after potentially ... in Gamagori city sold five packets of fugu fish without removing the livers, which ...

Fugu poisoning in Japan has decreased significantly over time. The Ministry for Health lists 18 species of pufferfish caught along the country’s coast alongside guidance about which parts are edible.

OSAKA--Local landmarks for a century here, two popular fugu restaurants are the latest casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Zuboraya restaurants--famed for their huge 3-D puffer fish signs ...

We were having fugu, Japanese for blowfish, and Chiba explained that if the poisonous fish wasn't properly prepared, it could kill you – a parallel I saw with a car built for the track." ...