The auction, held at the Sapporo fish market and Shimonoseki port, featured 1.4 tons of fin whale meat caught off Hokkaido. The tail meat, known as "onomi," fetched the peak price of $1,312 per ...

The Shimonoseki City Aquarium in Japan's Yamaguchi Prefecture needed to undergo renovations, and temporarily closed to the public in December, 2024. Staff said the aquarium's sunfish lost his appetite ...

a 39-year-old fish wholesaler in Shimonoseki, who won the bid. He said he plans to ship the meat to restaurants in Hiroshima and Tokyo. Last year, the same wholesale market at the Shimonoseki ...

A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank and appeared ... the Kaikyokan aquarium in Shimonoseki.

The sunfish was a popular attraction at the aquarium in Shimonoseki, Japan ... As a last-ditch measure to save the popular fish, its keepers hung their uniforms and set up human cutouts outside ...