China was the biggest importer of the colorful carp that year at 1.2 billion yen, accounting for 19 percent of the total, according to Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Koi diplomacy is back with Japanese nishikigoi, or ornamental carp, set to return to the lucrative Chinese market after a nearly year-long hiatus. Sources have confirmed that Chinese authorities ...

Tanaka, who was around 10 years old at the time, soon made up his mind to raise the world’s best “nishikigoi” carp someday. “I never knew that such a beautiful creature existed in nature ...

has been attracting bigger and bigger nishikigoi with the times. Nowadays, koi, or carp measuring about one meter in length are contenders for the grand champion title. The moment when the world's ...

"The Japanese referred to the colorful carp as nishikigoi, meaning 'braided or brocade,' in reference to the colorful textiles of the country," Hilstrom explains. "These nishikigoi varieties are ...