Think about walking into a restaurant and ordering a meal where just one microscopic mistake in preparation could put you six feet under. This isn't the plot of a thriller novel. It's the reality ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s clinical description of tetrodotoxin is as follows: “The consumption of toxic amounts of tetrodotoxin results primarily in neurologic and ...

Every December, puffer fish get even, well, puffier, as they pack on fat to survive the chilly winter. And that’s when we snatch them up and eat them. In Japan, blowfish, puffer fish and globefish are ...

TOKYO >> The last course of my fugu meal in Japan was a flaming cup of sake with fugu fins. If you’re going to eat something that could kill you, you might as well get a little drunk. Fugu, also known ...

In the corner of a Japanese fish market bustling with visitors, the vending machine selling Hyper Aqua water features a cartoon. The image looking back at me – in fact, winking at me – is of a smiling ...

Approximately five hours after eating the liver, the group of men “began showing symptoms of nausea, dizziness, and difficulty breathing.” A Japanese official notes that all five were taken to the ...

Officials in the central Japanese city of Gamagori are warning residents not to eat blowfish purchased from a local supermarket after potentially deadly parts of the fish were inadvertently sold. The ...