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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
May 13, 2017
Japan's fisheries still swimming upstream
In March, the internet news site Videonews.com posted a conversation between environmental journalist Tetsuji Ida and Waseda University researcher Yasuhiro Sanada, who writes about fisheries. During the talk, Sanada said that whaling is a "dead industry," and seemed to think that the ongoing controversy...
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jul 9, 2016
Contemporary artist Masa Samurai: 'I want to capture Japan's love of cute things'
Video producer on fatty tuna, animation and musical underwear.
EDITORIALS
Jul 9, 2016
Protecting Pacific bluefin tuna
The Fisheries Agency should rethink its policy on allowing fishermen to catch large quantities of mature Pacific bluefin tuna.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Jun 17, 2016
Once considered low class, how did tuna get so valuable?
Fresh, raw tuna reigns supreme in the culinary world these days, especially when it comes to sushi and sashimi. Bluefin tuna, known in Japan as hon-maguro or "true tuna," is so popular that global stocks are dangerously low due to overfishing. But tuna didn't always reign supreme: until the modern era...
EDITORIALS
Mar 26, 2016
Tuna poachers reap big profits
Japan should lead the way on tuna conservation, before its favorite fish disappears.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jan 30, 2016
All at sea: Lack of regulations hurting tuna stocks
Adorning the walls of Kanji Nishi's three-roomed apartment are a dozen framed photos. None features his children, Shota and Chisato, who are sitting cross-legged on the floor shunning smartphones for origami artistry. Instead, Nishi is seen posing alongside a different kind of pride and joy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jan 23, 2016
Can farmed tuna save the bluefin from extinction?
Conservationists have long warned that bluefin tuna stocks are declining. While the development of aquaculture may offer an alternative, it doesn't come without a few headaches of its own.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2015
Somalia facing a whole new type of pirate
Somalia's rich marine resources are being plundered by foreign fishing vessels, and the war-torn nation needs international help to fend them off.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 31, 2015
Tsukiji countdown: clock ticking on famed fish market
With a year to go until the wholesale fish market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward closes its doors for good, operators in the market prepare to say their last goodbyes to the landmark attraction.

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