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

TheGuardian reports a company called Manbou Corp., which runs fisheries in Japan’s Saga prefecture, is lobbying the government to relax the laws and let people eat puffer-fish liver again, boasting it ...

Pufferfish is regarded as a luxury in Japan and a meal featuring the potentially poisonous delicacy can easily cost up to 20,000 yen ($125) at high-end restaurants. But now, adventurous foodies in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pufferfish served in Kawasaki City - D3_plus D.naruse @ Japan/Getty Images Pufferfish, also known as fugu, is well known for being ...

There are over 120 species of puffer fish, and 22 different kinds are approved by the Japanese government for use in restaurants. But one is more prized, and more poisonous, than the others: torafugu, ...

A delicacy in Japanese cuisine, puffer fish (fugu) also contain a lethal toxin. Improperly prepared puffer fish can cause the person eating it to experience food poisoning and a swift death. Such a ...

Pufferfish can be served for human consumption as a delicacy called fugu. It is especially popular in Japan, but you may also see it available in other countries, including Korea, China, Singapore, ...

TOKYO >> Making use of local hot springs, expensive tiger puffer fish are being cultivated inland, helping to revitalize local economies. The first puffer fish cultivation project began in Tochigi ...

Have you ever wandered along a beach and marveled at the gorgeous sand sculptures made by local artists? All of that effort, only for them to be destroyed when the tide comes in or the wind picks up.

The couple’s daughter, Ng Ai Lee, said her father purchased the puffer fish — a delicacy known to contain extremely potent poisons — from a local fish shop on March 25. “My parents have been buying ...

A new study finds that puffer fish use non-toxic analogs of their famous defense poison for signalling and communication through smell, with implications for the study of their spawning and ...