Kura Sushi's white fish was catfish — how pangasius became a Japanese staple
The white-fish topping gliding along the conveyor-belt sushi lane turns out to be catfish raised in the Mekong Delta. On July 5, 2026, the Vietnamese fisheries trade magazine Vietfish Magazine reported that Vietnamese pangasius (basa) has penetrated Japan's white-fish consumption to the point of ranking second only to Alaska pollock fillets. Processed food...