Despite strict regulations and training, though, dozens of people are poisoned each year, though deaths are now rare. Still, fugu remains a high-risk, high-reward dish for those not afraid to ...

It takes three years to make it right, so be warned. Ovaries of the Japanese pufferfish, called fugu, are pickled in salt and bran in Hakusan’s Mikawa district to eliminate toxic poison.

According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Public Health and Medical Care, there are about 10 to 30 cases of fugu poisoning each year, but only one or two deaths, making the fatality ...

People call him “Dr. Fugu” (Dr. Pufferfish ... resulting in many poisoning deaths nationwide from eating improperly prepared fish. Kitahama began studying pufferfish on his own to promote ...