Tuna King nets new year catch for US$1.8 million in Tokyo auction
President of Japanese sushi chain Sushi-Zanmai Kiyoshi Kimura poses next to his 276kg bluefin tuna after the first auction of 2020 in Tokyo. He paid US$1.8 million for the fish. – EPA pic, January 5, 2020.
A CELEBRATED Japanese sushi businessman, nicknamed “Tuna King”, paid US$1.8 million for a giant tuna at New Year’s auction at Tokyo’s main fish market today. Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a successful sushi restaurant chain, paid 193 million yen to purchase a 276kg bluefin tuna, caught off the Aomori region in northern Japan.
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