Japanese eels are born far out at sea. Their larvae drift toward the coasts of East Asia, where the young eels enter rivers, ...

Japan's fisheries ministry says consumers for the first time will be able to buy Japanese eels fully farmed from eggs with ...

Eels bred in captivity will be sold in Japanese shops for the first time, in a move that could ease eventually pressure on ...

Japan's fisheries agency said Tuesday it will launch the world's first sales to the public of eels hatched and fully raised ...

Japanese fishery company Yamada Suisan Co. said Wednesday that it will start the world's first trial sales of "kabayaki" ...

Japan will oppose a proposal by the European Union and other countries to regulate trade in all eel species, including the ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese eel, a popular summertime delicacy that has become prohibitively expensive due to overfishing, has been put on the international conservation “red list” in a move that may ...

T he Japanese eel is big business. Japan alone consumes over 130,000 tonnes of the fish every year. Unlike such species as ...

At an eel restaurant near Tokyo, four friends sit down to eat a Japanese delicacy now the subject of a heated international debate as its numbers decline. The eel, hugely popular across Japan, is also ...

Once a common foodstuff in Japan, the freshwater eel has become endangered. But its flavor and status as a delicacy makes it ...