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DISASTER● ELEVATED2h ago · Sep 28, 2026, 12:49 AM

Japanese carp farm loses 100,000 Nishikigoi in Typhoon Dujuan flood

South China Morning Post · east asia

Around 100,000 Nishikigoi ornamental carp ready for sale were swept away after heavy rain caused by a typhoon breached some levees at a lake in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo, it has been revealed as authorities assess the widespread damage to local farming and fisheries. Typhoon Dujuan, which approached the region about a week ago, inundated rice paddy fields and other farmland while flooding facilities where carp and eels were being cultivated near Lake Imbanuma in northern Chiba. Kenji Tani, who...

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