A popular sunfish in Japan lost its appetite and banged on the side of its tank after the aquarium it lived in closed for ...

To prevent the fish from feeling lonely during renovations, an aquarium in Japan placed cardboard visitors to keep it company ...

Tourism, climate goals and animal rights concerns are sparking a plant-based renaissance in a country famous for sushi and ...

A lone sunfish in the Kaikyokan Aquarium has drawn attention online after the staff created cutouts of imaginary visitors ...

Phenacoscorpius trispinis, or the noslit scorpionfish, was caught in a rocky area of Sagami Bay, on the east coast of Japan, ...

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

Japanese aquarium staff used cut-out human companions to cheer up a lonely sunfish, leading to improved health.

Finally, half an hour later, the door cracks open and, greeted with a soft irasshaimase, or “welcome,” the parties shuffle in to sample one of the rarest dishes in Japan: faux-fish sushi.

Fish have feelings too – at least if a lonesome sunfish in a Japanese aquarium is anything to go by. Animal caretakers at the ...

The Japanese aquarium posted a photo on its official X (formerly Twitter) account on 3 January, showing the sunfish named ...

Staff had noticed that the sunfish was showing signs of distress after the aquarium was closed for refurbishment ...

Japan’s diverse seafood cuisine is in clear decline, with Japan’s fishing harbors, fish markets, and fishermen taking the blow. The poster child for sinking catches is the Pacific saury ...