Arts & Culture     Business     Environment     Government     Health     Human Rights     Military     Philosophy     Science     U.S. Asian Policy			Home > East Asia >  Japanese develop resistance drug for fish industry AFAR 7/23/2003  Related Articles • Acts Upon a Stage (Part 4) • Acts Upon a Stage (Part 3) • Taiwan's Culture of Food • China's Climate Change Strategy • Tempting Tempeh • Hong Kong's Biggest Rights Violation Since 1997 • The EU's Approach toward Relations with Tokyo and Beijing • The Anti-Seditious Speech Debate and Media Law Reform • The View from Tokyo: Melting Ice and Building Bridges • The Japanese Identity   A drug has been developed which combats parasites that feed on the gills of the tiger puffer fish, a delicacy in Japan. This drug is said to be less toxic than formalin, the most often used drug these days to combat fish parasites. Researchers at Kumamoto Prefectural Fisheries Research Center and Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd. hope to obtain governmental approval to sell the drug by next summer.
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