Japanese company raises safe puffer fish YOKOHAMA, Japan, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- An aquaculture company in Japan says it raised 50,000 fogu, or puffer fish, that are non-poisonous when consumed.

The prohibition stayed in place for nearly 200 years, though officials believe people in Shimonoseki and elsewhere still ate fugu on the sly. The ban lasted until 1888, when legend has it that ...