owned by Tokyo-based seafood company Kyodo Senpaku. During this month, Kangei Maru is scheduled to leave its home port of Shimonoseki for an eight-month maiden voyage off the north-east coast of ...

A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank and appeared unwell ...

“We are hoping to revitalize Shimonoseki with whaling, and it is our shared determination not to accept a contract price lower than those in the Tokyo or Osaka markets,” said Yutaka ...

The solitary fish named Mambo stopped eating and seemed to be missing its human visitors—so aquarists attached photos of ...

Staff members believe the sunfish stopped eating when the aquarium was temporarily closed because it was lonely.

The aquarium noted, “We didn't know the cause [of the fish feeling unwell] ... but one of the staff members said, ‘Maybe he's ...

TOKYO — A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the ...

An aquarium in Japan has come up with a unique and out-of-the-box idea to cheer up its lonely resident sunfish after the ...

How do you perk up a lonely fish? This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real ...

CNN calls Shimonoseki “The puffer fish capital of ... This article by Lisa Vogt, a Washington-born and Tokyo-based photographer, originally appeared in the Oct. 17 issue of Asahi Weekly.

"When an aquarium in Japan closed to the public for restorations, the aquarium's beloved sunfish grew lonely without visitors ...