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 ...

Fugu, or pufferfish, is a Japanese delicacy that has captured the attention of food lovers worldwide. However, preparing it is no easy task. This fish contains a deadly toxin called tetrodotoxin ...

The poisonous puffer fish, which inflates itself into a small balloon when caught, lives in most of the world’s oceans. But only in Japan, where it is called fugu, has it become a national ...

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 ...