50 Koi Fish Stolen From San Jose's Japanese Friendship Garden By NBC Bay Area staff and Stephanie Magallon • Published May 3, 2023 • Updated on May 4, 2023 at 6:17 am ...

Fishy business: The Japanese city that reels in tourists thanks to beautiful koi carp swimming in the DRAINS Koi carp were introduced into the town of Shimabara, near Nagasaki, in 1978 The fish ...

About 50 koi fish are missing from San Jose's Japanese Friendship Garden, the city's department of parks, recreation and neighborhood services said Wednesday. Department officials in an Instagram ...

In a small fishing village situated along the eastern coast of Japan, a couple from Lancaster city, two elementary school ...

But it is the curvature of the fish that accounts for 60 percent of the final score, explained competition organiser Isamu Hattori, who runs Japan´s main association for breeders of koi carp.

Stephanie Magallon reports. About 50 koi fish are missing from San Jose's Japanese Friendship Garden, the city's department of parks, recreation and neighborhood services said Wednesday.

It's either there in the genes at birth, or it's not," mused Mikinori Kurikara, a koi breeder in Saitama, north of Tokyo, who says he can spot it in fish when they reach eight or nine months old.

But it is the curvature of the fish that accounts for 60 percent of the final score, explained competition organizer Isamu Hattori, who runs Japan's main association for breeders of koi carp.

In 2016, Japan exported a record 295 tonnes of koi carp, generating turnover of 3.5 billion yen (Dh114 million or $31 million), an increase of almost 50 per cent from 2007, according to Japan’s ...

It's either there in the genes at birth, or it's not," mused Mikinori Kurikara, a koi breeder in Saitama, north of Tokyo, who says he can spot it in fish when they reach eight or nine months old.