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[Breaking News]Traditional eel-eating day in Japan

NARITA, Japan, July 24 Kyodo - A chef cooks eel at a restaurant in Narita near Tokyo on July 24, 2024, a day in the calendar when people often eat eel in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Japan storyteller entertains Cambodia students

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - ''Rakugo'' storyteller Katsura Utamaru performs a popular eel restaurant story, ''Shirouto Unagi,'' in Phnom Penh on Nov. 25, 2009. About 400 people including students learning Japanese listened to the comic monologue with English and Cambodian subtitles available, as part of a series of events for Japan-Mekong exchange year.

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A bowl of eel

A bowl of eel and rice (Una don) a specialty of Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan

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UNAGI aka THE EEL

UNAGI aka THE EEL TAKURO YAMASHITA, KEIKO HATTORI Date: 1997

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UNAGI aka THE EEL

UNAGI aka THE EEL TAKURO YAMASHITA Date: 1997

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UNAGI aka THE EEL

UNAGI aka THE EEL KEIKO HATTORI, TAKURO YAMASHITA Date: 1997

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UNAGI aka THE EEL

UNAGI aka THE EEL KEIKO HATTORI, TAKURO YAMASHITA Date: 1997

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UNAGI aka THE EEL

UNAGI aka THE EEL TAKURO YAMASHITA Date: 1997

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UNAGI aka THE EEL

UNAGI aka THE EEL UNAGI aka THE EEL Date: 1997

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UNAGI aka THE EEL

UNAGI aka THE EEL KEIKO HATTORI, TAKURO YAMASHITA UNAGI Date: 1997

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Grilled catfish sold as alternative to scarce eels

Women open containers of grilled catfish, prepared to taste like Japanese "unagi" eels broiled in typical sauce, at a restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza district on July 24, 2015. The catfish dish developed by Kinki University in Osaka Prefecture was sold on trial to supplement the dwindling supply of Japanese eels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kinki Univ. researchers breed catfish tasting like eels when grilled

Bowls of grilled catfish, served on rice in the same fashion as Japanese "unagi" eels broiled in sweet soy sauce, are presented to the media during a tasting event in Osaka, western Japan, on July 13, 2015. Researchers at Kinki University in adjacent Higashiosaka have succeeded in breeding catfish that taste like scarce unagi when grilled and plan to produce about 100,000 catfish in about a year's time amid concerns over the dwindling population of freshwater eels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kinki Univ. researchers breed catfish tasting like eels when grilled

Bowls of rice topped with broiled catfish, served in the same fashion as Japanese "unagi" eels grilled in sweet soy sauce, are presented to the media during a tasting event in Osaka, western Japan, on July 13, 2015. Researchers at Kinki University in neighboring Higashiosaka have succeeded in breeding catfish that taste like scarce unagi when grilled and plan to produce about 100,000 catfish in about a year's time amid concerns over the dwindling population of freshwater eels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Famous "unagi pie" store opens in Tokyo for limited period

A staff member of "Unagi Pie Cafe Tokyo" on March 26, 2015, shows a dish using "unagi pie," a confection made with eel extract, at the shop to be opened by the Hamamatsu-based Shunkado Co. from March 28 to May 6 in Tokyo. "Unagi pie" is a popular souvenir item of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Unagi pie" shop opens in Tokyo for limited period

Children have their photo taken on March 26, 2015, in front of a gigantic "unagi (eel) pie" ornament outside a shop in Tokyo of Shunkado Co., a confectioner based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. "Unagi pie," a confection made with eel extract, is a popular souvenir item of Hamamatsu. The shop is open from March 28 to May 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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Int'l body adopts EU proposal to gather eel trade data

A cook charcoal broils "unagi" eels on Sept. 26, 2016, at Tokyo's long-established Miyagawa Honten restaurant that specializes in serving the fish. The conference of the parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora adopted an EU-proposed draft resolution the previous day to collect data on the eel trade to protect the widely consumed fish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan storyteller entertains Cambodia students

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - ''Rakugo'' storyteller Katsura Utamaru performs a popular eel restaurant story, ''Shirouto Unagi,'' in Phnom Penh on Nov. 25, 2009. About 400 people including students learning Japanese listened to the comic monologue with English and Cambodian subtitles available, as part of a series of events for Japan-Mekong exchange year. (Kyodo)