Japanese eels are born far out at sea. Their larvae drift toward the coasts of East Asia, where the young eels enter rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters. Years later, as autumn and winter arrive, ...

Professor Kenzo Kaifu and Research Fellow Hiromi Shiraishi of Chuo University, together with Professor Yu-Shan Han of National Taiwan University, conducted the world's first quantitative study to ...

Tsuyoshi Hachisuka gently places skewered eel on a grill, preparing a much-loved Japanese delicacy that is now so endangered it commands eyewatering prices and the attention of international ...