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A memorable Tokyo breakfast. Photo by me, Tokyo Fish Markets, 2015

One of my most memorable breakfasts was a delicate dish of precision-sliced raw fish, with a pale, sweet dollop of wasabi on the side, eaten soon after dawn in a sashimi bar in Tokyo’s famous fish markets. The sashimi was so fresh it zinged.

Not many food safety specialists eat raw fish, but if there is anywhere in the…