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FISH MARKET

Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Sep 18, 2016
Tokyo's safety claims for Toyosu fish market cleanup getting harder to sell
On Sept. 10, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike revealed that the people in charge of the soil remediation work for the Toyosu market, the relocation site for the famed Tsukiji fish market in Chuo Ward, ignored the recommendations of outside safety experts.
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2016
Safety assessment for new Toyosu fish market to be reviewed, pollution panel says
A panel studying soil contamination for the market replacing Tsukiji says it will review whether the site is safe without the protective soil base that was promised.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2016
Officials give first look at Toyosu market flooding problem in bid for transparency
Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials on Friday played down flooding beneath a proposed flagship food market in Toyosu as the result of heavy rain that will be pumped out or will seep away.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2016
Foundation of Tsukiji replacement site filled with pipes, not clean soil: Koike
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike revealed Saturday that the foundations of three main structures of the Toyosu market in Koto Ward that was built to replace the famed Tsukiji fish market were not filled with clean soil as the public was previously told.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2016
Head of Tsukiji cooperative urges governor to act over fish market relocation
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike should issue "a safety declaration" over soil contamination at the Tsukiji fish market's planned new site in Toyosu on Tokyo Bay to ease public concerns and allow the project to proceed, the head of the Tsukiji wholesalers cooperative said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2016
Smelling something fishy, Koike puts Tsukiji move on ice
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike suspends Tsukiji's move to Toyosu, saying chemical contamination, ballooning costs and little disclosure are raising suspicions about the famed fish market's relocation project.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2016
Tsukiji fish market relocation facing delay by new Gov. Yuriko Koike
The famed Tsukiji fish market may not be moving to its new site in November after all.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 23, 2016
New documentary on Tsukiji fish market captures essence of nation's 'lively kitchen'
Ever since he visited Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market for the first time in 2012, movie director Naotaro Endo has been intrigued by the place often called "the world's largest fish market."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 2, 2016
Emotions run high over Tsukiji fish market's move
In 1590, more than 2½ and a half centuries before Edo was to become Tokyo, the city's first central fish market, named Uogashi, was established on the bank of Nihonbashi River.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2016
Simplex hedge fund takes investing lesson from Tsukiji fish market
Simplex Asset Management Co. is taking some lessons from Tokyo's iconic wholesale fish market as it starts a fund to invest in companies looking to move their listings to the Topix index.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2016
Tsukiji workers demand answers over toxic soil at new site
Amid ongoing preparations to relocate Tokyo's world-famous Tsukiji fish market, wholesalers and consumers voice fury over the plan to move the market to a new site that has significant soil pollution problems.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2016
Cash-strapped Tsukiji fishmongers call for greater help with rent and relocation costs
Wholesalers at the Tsukiji fish market are calling on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for financial help to cover the costs of setting up business at a new market hall in Toyosu.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 2, 2016
A date with Tsukiji fish market's bluefin tuna auction
To sleep or not to sleep?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 31, 2015
Tsukiji countdown: clock ticking on famed fish market
With a year to go until the wholesale fish market in Tokyo's Chuo Ward closes its doors for good, operators in the market prepare to say their last goodbyes to the landmark attraction.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2015
WMF calls for Tokyo's Tsukiji wooden buildings to be preserved
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) on Thursday released its 2016 World Monuments Watch list, calling for the preservation of 50 cultural heritage sites at risk in 36 countries, including some 30 small wooden buildings in Tokyo's Tsukiji district.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 31, 2014
Documentary aims to preserve sights, sounds of Tsukiji fish market before it closes
Shooting is underway on a major documentary film about one of the world's largest fish markets, Tsukiji in central Tokyo, before the facility closes and reopens at a new location.
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2014
Over 10% of Tsukiji traders to bow out due to move
More than 10 percent of traders working at Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market plan to give up their business because they can't move to its new site, partly due to moving costs.

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