{
  "id": 7121951,
  "title": "Eel Farmers in Japan’s Shizuoka Pref. Focus on Breeding Female Variety to Boost Sales Amid Competition from Cheap Imports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/eel-farmers-in-japans-shizuoka-pref-focus-on-breeding-female-variety",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T07:30:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/features/delicious/20260913-348124/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "HAMAMATSU — Eel farmers around Lake Hamana in Shizuoka Prefecture, an area that once boasted of being the nation’s top producer, are striving to make a comeback amid competition from cheap Chinese imports.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}