Kazuko Kawakami (79), a housewife in Uchigoshimachi, Kita-ku, Kumamoto, has a goldfish with a "Hinomaru" -like pattern on her head. "I've been keeping goldfish for almost 20 years, but this is the first…

A beloved Japanese candy eaten by generations, so iconic it even appeared in a hit anime film, has come to the end of the line, a victim of surging raw material and energy…