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FISHING

Anchovies power a $500?billion global aquaculture industry, and when their supply collapses, as is happening now due to El Nino, the entire farmed?seafood sector feels it.?
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 24, 2026
The world has an anchovy problem
The tiny fish may sound utterly mundane, but its importance to the global economy is far larger than just foodies¡¯ craving for the umami taste.
Eel products sold at an Aeon supermarket in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on June 24
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 23, 2026
Japanese retailers offer various eel products for Day of the Ox
Two major supermarket chains have cut prices for their mainstay grilled eel items after a bountiful fry catch last year.
Akhmad, a former crew member of a Chinese fishing vessel, shows his contract document indicating his monthly wages during an interview on June 10 at the port of Bungko Lor hamlet in Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 20, 2026
¡®No rest¡¯: Indonesians overworked and abused on foreign fishing vessels
Many are recruited online and assigned ships without being properly informed about their rights, leaving them vulnerable to abuse, experts say.
An international conference to discuss Pacific bluefin tuna catch quotas ended in host city Nagasaki on Tuesday without an agreement being reached.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2026
International conference on bluefin tuna fails to strike agreement
Japan called for increasing the overall catch quota for large bluefin tuna in the western and central Pacific to 14,836 tons from the current 11,869 tons.
Gentaro Yui, a 51-year-old executive of Moriumius's operator, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in December
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2026
Farm experiences in disaster-hit Japanese area attracting children
Since opening 11 years ago, the Moriumius facility has received a total of some 15,000 elementary and junior high school students, with many becoming repeat visitors.
A batch of saury that fetched a record high price at Tokyo's Toyosu wholesale market on Friday morning
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2026
Â鶹´«Ã½ first saury of the season fetch record price
The batch of saury, totaling about 30 kg, was landed at Kushiro Port in Hokkaido on Thursday and arrived at Tokyo¡¯s Toyosu market the following day.
Fishermen in Japan have reported an abnormal surge in the number of the once-endangered bluefin tuna ?in surrounding waters this year in what experts say may be partly due to changing migratory patterns linked to climate change.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 9, 2026
Bumper haul of Pacific bluefin tuna a double-edged sword for Â鶹´«Ã½ fishermen
Climate change may be altering marine life, with serious consequences for those whose livelihoods have long depended on the sea.
A Chinese coast guard ship sails in waters off the Senkaku Islands in this undated photo.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2026
Coast guard ships from Japan and China face off near Senkaku Islands
Â鶹´«Ã½ coast guard said it expelled two Chinese ships as they approached a Japanese fishing vessel sailing in the area of the Senkaku Islands.
Rina Takahashi of Kitani Suisan fillets a tuna at the Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, on June 25.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2026
Women increasingly active in Â鶹´«Ã½ fish markets
The development is part of the country¡¯s shift toward a more gender-neutral society.
Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan also agreed during two day unofficial talks to maintain the cap on young glass eels released into aquaculture ponds at the level set in 2014.
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2026
Japan and three neighbors agree to cooperate against eel export curbs
The move follows a proposal last year to strengthen such restrictions at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Tourists return from a whale-watching excursion, outside a ticket office in the Old Harbour district of Reykjavik on May 28.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Jun 23, 2026
Iceland kills first whales since 2023, resuming commercial hunt
Iceland is one of only three countries that still openly permit whaling, alongside Norway and Japan.
A recent study by Ryota Hayashi sheds new light on brown boobies' tendencies to follow non-fishing vessels near Japan's Ogasawara Islands.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife / OUR PLANET
Jun 21, 2026
Citizen science in Â鶹´«Ã½ Ogasawara Islands spotlights ties between ships and birds
A recent study has shed new light on seabirds¡¯ tendencies to follow ships near the island chain and highlights the role wildlife enthusiasts can play in research.
A monument to Japanese immigrants stands in the port city of Santos in southeastern Brazil.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 17, 2026
Brazil¡¯s Nikkei fishers offer lessons for ocean governance
Japanese immigrants and their descendants did not simply copy Japanese coastal practices but adapted them to local environments and social conditions.
A silver-cheeked puffer fish, caught by a fisher at the port of Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, on June 2
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Jun 17, 2026
Greek fishers struggle to keep up with puffer fish invaders
The warm-water invasive species, first spotted in Greek waters some 20 years ago, is wreaking havoc with Greece¡¯s fishing industry.
Catches of Japanese sandfish in Akita Prefecture have declined sharply, from over 10,000 tons a year in the mid-1970s to about 6 tons in the most recent season.
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2026
Calls grow in Akita to ban fishing for sandfish amid warming seas
Some fishery operators have voiced reluctance about a fishing ban, fearing that such a move could prevent them from catching other fish and shellfish.
Fish printing art master Mineo Yamamoto started teaching the art to himself first, and then he went on to study with Tatsunoko-kai, a major gyotaku school.
CULTURE / Art
May 31, 2026
From catch to canvas, fish prints have become fine art
¡°Gyotaku,¡± or fish printing, originated in the 19th century as a way for fishermen in Japan to document their catch precisely.
"I¡¯ve been doing this for 40 years and it just keeps getting worse,¡± Bunyut Chaosamut said. "We are sea people; we can¡¯t just quit and start growing rice or planting rubber trees.¡±
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 22, 2026
Southeast Asia¡¯s fishermen are being pushed to the brink by fuel costs
High fuel prices linked to the Iran war are hitting Southeast Asia¡¯s seafood industry hard, forcing boats to stay ashore and raising costs across the supply chai
Grilled <i>kabayaki</i> using fully farmed eel shown at the agriculture ministry on Tuesday
JAPAN
May 20, 2026
Japan to sell eels bred in captivity in ¡®world first¡¯
The move could ease eventually pressure on the endangered fish
A drone view shows crew members aboard a squid jigger vessel operating outside Argentina&#039;s exclusive economic zone, where foreign fishing vessels, mostly Chinese, operate just beyond the boundary, in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina on Jan. 18.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 13, 2026
China¡¯s fishing fleet raises concerns off Argentina
The size of the flotilla has increased by nearly 50% over the last decade, sparking a fear of overfishing and suspicion of intelligence gathering.
Longline tuna fishing boats in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2026
Japanese fishers hit hard by high crude oil prices
Revenue from tuna caught is almost offset by fuel costs, the owner of a company in Miyagi Prefecture said.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital&#039;s largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn&#039;t just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it&#039;s an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
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