The Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, home to the ocean sunfish, has been under renovation since December 2024. The aquarium remains closed to the public, and the staff noticed their sunfish was ...

Staff at the Kaikyokan aquarium in Shimonoseki were at a loss as what to do until one person at a staff meeting suggested the sunfish might have been affected by the sudden absence of people.

In this photo released by Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum "Kaikyokan," a sunfish swims near cardboard cutouts of people in uniforms at Kaikyukan in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture, southern ...

The aquarium noted on its website that the renovations began on Dec. 1, 2024, and that the sunfish tank, as well as the other fish tanks, were scheduled to reopen in six months around summer 2025.

TOKYO (AP) — A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month ...

In this photo released by Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum "Kaikyokan," a sunfish swims near cardboard cutouts of people in uniforms at Kaikyukan in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture, southern ...

In this photo released by Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum "Kaikyokan," a sunfish swims near cardboard cutouts of people in uniforms at Kaikyukan in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture, southern ...

In this photo released by Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum "Kaikyokan," a sunfish swims near cardboard cutouts of people in uniforms at Kaikyukan in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture, southern ...

TOKYO (AP) — A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fish tank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month ...