Fatty katsuo fish may foreshadow climate change, threat to beloved Japanese food
TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2022
For half a century, Takeo Nakajo has been catching katsuo, or skipjack tuna -- indispensable in Japanese cuisine. But he and other fishermen in Kure, in Kochi prefecture in southwest Japan, have seen something worrying recently - an unprecedented number of unusually fatty katsuo.