A clip of a deep sea oarfish washed up on a beach has circulated online, prompting false claims that its presence is a ...

Recent appearances of the rare oarfish near Baja California Sur, Mexico have ignited discussions on social media. Often called the 'Doomsday Fish,' th ...

Japan is, in many ways, a piscivore’s paradise. As a compact island nation, when you’re in Japan you’re never very far away from the sea, and in addition to the country’s representative cuisine of ...

Referring to the ‘doomsday fish’, oarfish (Regalecus glesne ... be a sign of an imminent natural disaster by Japanese myth.

There is trouble on the horizon in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, where poor fishing conditions triggered by global ...

Fishing for shinko, which are baby ikanago sand eels, began in the Harima-nada Sea in Hyogo Prefecture on March 12. Shinko, ...

Japanese researchers are helping develop ways of farming local marine species in Thailand, where invasive animals are ...

Chinese government ships continued to sail in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on ...

The surface ocean temperatures in waters near the Japanese archipelago ... while catches of cold water fish, such as salmon, have plunged in the sea off the Tohoku region. The higher water ...

Japanese folklore indicates the fish belonged to servants of the sea god Ryūjin. Hence the fish is also known as "ryugu no tsukai," which translates to "messenger from the sea god’s palace." ...