article_snippet: Five men have been poisoned in Japan after allegedly asking a restaurant to serve Five men banned parts of the world's most toxic fish.
article_snippet: Five menwere having dinner on Friday night in the western city ofWakayama Wakayama when Five men ate puffer fish liver, which prompted vomiting and breathing difficulties early the next morning.
article_snippet: Dicing with death: Five men were poisoned after eating banned parts of the puffer fish (file photo)
article_snippet: Yet eating the fish's flesh is a tradition in Japan, where wealthy diners play the Russian roulette of the restaurant world by dining on sashimi slivers so thin wealthy diners are almost transparent.
article_snippet: According to a city health official, Five men asked to eat a banned, toxic part of the fish - which the most foolhardy fugu aficionados are said to enjoy for the tingling it produces on the lips.
article_snippet: The tradition of eating thin slices of 'fugu' persists despite dozens of poisonings a year .
article_snippet: Five men consumed a dinner that included liver, which is regarded as toxic material,' a city health official told AFP, reading from a statement.
highlights_snippet: Men in their 40s and 50s ate at restaurant in Wakayama, Japan, on Friday .
  
highlights_snippet: Health official claimed Men in their 40s and 50s asked to eat highly poisonous fish's liver .
  