YOKOHAMA—An "unagi" (eel) restaurant here was forced to suspend operations on July 29 after a massive food poisoning outbreak ... with eating unagi in Japan, sales spiked that day and the ...

The accolade, announced on Dec. 3 by Gurunavi Inc., was awarded to the food deemed ... became the first in Japan to successfully achieve full-cycle farming of Japanese eel. Eggs were produced ...

Eel is customarily eaten on "doyo no ushi no ... The hope is that supplies of this beloved Japanese food will remain steady, and inexpensive, far into the future, allowing decades of pleasure ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: This is the most expensive fish in Japan. In January 2018, a kilogram of these baby eels cost around $35,000. That's more than bluefin tuna ...

Ellen Ruppel Shell takes a deep dive into the facts, figures and fascinating people that swirl around the intriguing eel.