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Since 1958, fugu chefs must earn a license to prepare and sell fugu to the public. This involves a two- or three-year apprenticeship. The licensing examination process consists of a written test, a fish-identification test, and a practical test, preparing and eating the fish. Only about 35 percent of the applicants pass. [28]
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The grass puffer (Takifugu niphobles), or Kusa-fugu (Japanese: 草河豚), is a species of fish in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae). This common to abundant species is found in the northwest Pacific Ocean in China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan ), Japan , Korea , the Philippines and Vietnam . [ 1 ]
Takifugu, also known by the Japanese name fugu (河豚, lit. "river pig"), is a genus of pufferfish with 25 species, most of which are native to salt and brackish waters of the northwest Pacific, but a few species are found in freshwater in Asia or more widely in the Indo-Pacific region.
Pufferfish is regarded as a luxury in Japan and a meal featuring the potentially poisonous delicacy can easily cost up to 20,000 yen ($125) at high-end restaurants.
New Zealand’s new tourism campaign — with its slogan “Everyone must go!” — has prompted ridicule from opposition politicians and some members of the public who compared it to a clearance ...
Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789), commonly known as the silver-cheeked toadfish, or Sennin-fugu (Japanese: 仙人河豚), is an extremely poisonous marine bony fish in the family Tetraodontidae (puffer fishes).
Monica Lewinsky overcame 'excuciating shame and pain.’Now, she’s a voice for anti-bullying. Lewinsky, 51, said that once you pass 40, you start to "recontextualize your younger years."