The battle of extreme Japanese cuisine hit a snag Thursday when a Japanese restaurant in Lincoln Park that had for nearly a month been serving a variety of fugu–a blowfish that if not properly ...

JAPANESE authorities are on the hunt for a batch of deadly fish after toxic parts of the sea creature were accidentally put on sale. A supermarket in the city of Gamagori sold five packages of fugu ...

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The Japanese delicacy fugu, or blowfish, is so poisonous that the smallest mistake in its preparation could be fatal. But Tokyo's city government is planning to ease restrictions that allow only ...

Fugu fish's skins, intestines, ovaries and livers contain a poison called tetrodotoxin that can be fatal. Tokyo, Japan: A Japanese city has activated an emergency warning system to alert residents to ...

Fugu fish (aka pufferfish) is considered to be one of the world’s most dangerous foods – cue dramatic violins and cutaway shots to panicked faces. The fish is lethal due to the tetrodotoxin poison in ...

Fans of sushi—and The Simpsons—know all about the fugu. The Japanese delicacy, also known as pufferfish, has a dark side. The edible parts of the fish—served as sashimi or fried—are surrounded by ...

The seaside city of Shimonoseki in southern Japan has a desirable specialty in the culinary world – the potentially deadly delicacy fugu. Also called blowfish or pufferfish, fugu is available ...

A supermarket in the Japanese city of Gamagori sold five packages of fugu without removing the fish's livers yesterday JAPANESE authorities are on the hunt for a batch of deadly fish after toxic parts ...

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