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Japan public safety chief under fire on gaffe

Japanese National Public Safety Commission chief Koichi Tani meets the press in Tokyo on April 26, 2023, following a gaffe he made at a party the previous day held by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He came under fire after saying he kept eating a "delicious" bowl of grilled eel rice even after being notified of the explosives attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Japan public safety chief under fire on gaffe

Japanese National Public Safety Commission chief Koichi Tani meets the press in Tokyo on April 26, 2023, following a gaffe he made at a party the previous day held by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. He came under fire after saying he kept eating a "delicious" bowl of grilled eel rice even after being notified of the explosives attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Final countdown for eel restaurants before day of ox

TOKYO, Japan - A vendor shows a lunch box with grilled eel pieces over steamed rice at Mitsukoshi Department Store in Tokyo on July 28, 2014, ahead of the Midsummer Day of the Ox when people traditionally eat roasted eels.

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A scene of eels being grilled

A scene of eels roasting on a shichirin

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People try out "eel-tasting" catfish developed by Kinki Univ.

Hirofumi Makihara (L), president of eel farm Makihara Yoman in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, and Masahiko Ariji, associate professor at Kinki University, get a tasting of grilled catfish prepared to taste like Japanese "unagi" eels broiled in sweet soy sauce after a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2015. Makihara announced at the event that it will launch a business to commercialize the catfish bred by Ariji and his team to taste like scarce unagi amid dwindling supply of freshwater eels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Farm to commercialize university-developed "eel-tasting" catfish

A sample of grilled catfish, prepared to taste like Japanese "unagi" eels broiled in sweet soy sauce, is presented to the media during an event in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 13, 2015. Makihara Yoman, an eel farm in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, announced at the event it will launch a business to commercialize the catfish, bred by researchers at Kinki University to taste like scarce unagi amid dwindling supply of freshwater eels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man in news: Researcher cultures catfish tasting like eels when grilled

Associate professor Masahiko Ariji of Kinki University shows a cooked catfish tasting like a grilled eel at the university in Nara, western Japan, on Sept. 2, 2015. Ariji has successfully cultured catfish with the taste of eels as a possible substitute for the Japanese variety of fish threatened with extinction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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glaze-grilled uangi

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glaze-grilled uangi

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Final countdown for eel restaurants before day of ox

TOKYO, Japan - A vendor shows a lunch box with grilled eel pieces over steamed rice at Mitsukoshi Department Store in Tokyo on July 28, 2014, ahead of the Midsummer Day of the Ox when people traditionally eat roasted eels. (Kyodo)